Florida State Road No. 1 · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0East Milton has lower household incomes than 66% of U.S. towns
About one in ten stay in East Milton for work; outside it, Pensacola is the main destination (12%, 18 miles). Below the poverty line: 12.5% of residents; Florida has 12.6%. The two grades for East Milton are C+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: East Milton in brief
East Milton trades workers with the towns around it
East Milton has about as many jobs (4,393) as working residents (4,342), but they are mostly different people: 3,974 residents leave for work each day while 4,025 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in East Milton are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
East Milton has added jobs fast
Jobs based in East Milton went from 2,599 in 2014 to 4,393 in 2024, +69%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in East Milton pay better than its residents’ jobs
73% of the jobs based in East Milton pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 56% of the jobs East Milton residents hold. 92% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside East Milton. The jobs ↓
East Milton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for East Milton
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, East Milton is better than 36% of U.S. towns, #448 of 638 in Florida. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides East Milton’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, East Milton could be anywhere from D to B+.
Who works in East Milton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 3,974 residents head out to work, 368 work right here, and 4,025 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
73% of the jobs in East Milton pay over $3,333 a month
4,393 jobs are based in East Milton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Milton, 2014 → 2024: 2,599 → 4,393. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Milton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long East Milton spends getting to work: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Milton workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,424 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where people from East Milton work
Where East Milton clocks in
12% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where in the region East Milton works
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how East Milton gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, East Milton is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns, #609 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place East Milton near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,883 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.1% of East Milton households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of East Milton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,362 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 20,000, East Milton comes 1,757th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 95 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,755 | Shady Hills FL | 11,983 | $68K | 12.2% | 5.4% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,756 | Ashland OH | 18,730 | $60K | 16.6% | 3.8% | 39% | C+ |
| 1,757 | East Milton FL | 14,783 | $65K | 12.5% | 4.3% | 8% | C+ |
| 1,758 | Sunland Park NM | 18,268 | $63K | 22.4% | 4.6% | 8% | C+ |
| 1,759 | Urbana OH | 11,140 | $68K | 13.6% | 5.7% | 32% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,362 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of East Milton, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
East Milton and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Milton (8%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Milton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Milton | – | C+ | C− | 33 min | $64,904 |
| Milton | 8% | B− | B | 26 min | $76,301 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of East Milton’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in East Milton: questions
What is the median household income in East Milton?
$64,904 (±$10,425) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East Milton?
12.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Milton?
33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Milton work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pensacola (12%, 18 mi), Milton (8%, 5 mi), Ferry Pass (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is East Milton walkable?
East Milton is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around East Milton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Milton, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Milton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.