Work & commute · Milton

Work & commute in Milton, PA

Most working residents leave Milton for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Kelly (5%), Mahoning (5%) and Lewisburg (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

479 of 2,986 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,507 Milton residents head out of town to work, 479 work right here, and 4,168 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milton.

2,507live here, work elsewhere

479live and work here

4,168work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milton goes to work

Milton (in town)right here

16%479

Kelly3.6 mi away

5%157

Mahoning13.3 mi away

5%148

Lewisburg3.3 mi away

4%118

Williamsport19 mi away

3%93

East Buffalo6 mi away

3%93

Philadelphia113.4 mi away

2%71

White Deer6.3 mi away

2%71

Monroe9.7 mi away

2%69

Sunbury10.3 mi away

2%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,635

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Milton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

43%

29%

22%

43%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milton is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Milton are

4,647 jobs are based in Milton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Milton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Milton

4,647 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Milton residents hold

2,986 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+8%

Jobs based in Milton, 2013 → 2023: 4,304 → 4,647. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.