Work & commute · Milton

Work & commute in Milton, WV

Most working residents leave Milton for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Huntington (19%), Charleston (10%) and Barboursville (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

84 of 1,162 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,078 Milton residents head out of town to work, 84 work right here, and 1,235 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milton.

1,078live here, work elsewhere

84live and work here

1,235work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milton goes to work

Huntington16.3 mi away

19%222

Charleston27.9 mi away

10%122

Milton (in town)right here

7%84

Barboursville8.9 mi away

5%57

Teays Valley11.5 mi away

4%43

South Charleston24 mi away

3%39

Hurricane6.4 mi away

3%37

Culloden3.7 mi away

2%21

Lesage8.6 mi away

2%19

Pea Ridge10.1 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%503

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.

28%

46%

16%

10%

28%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Milton are

1,319 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

1,319 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Milton residents hold

1,162 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+4%

Jobs based in Milton, 2013 → 2023: 1,264 → 1,319. 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.