Louisville and Nashville Depot · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Milton draws 7,430 commuters a day, with 1.9 jobs for every working resident
About one in seven work in Milton; the top destination outside it is Pensacola (15%, 16 miles). There are 7,975 jobs in Milton, and 4,246 of its residents work somewhere. Milton grades B− for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Milton apart
Milton is where the jobs are
Milton has 7,975 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Milton draws workers from far and wide
The 7,975 jobs in Milton are filled from a wide area. Milton’s own residents hold 7% and the ten next-biggest home towns 38%; the other 55% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Milton’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Milton is better than 47% of U.S. towns, #368 of 638 in Florida. The poverty rate holds Milton’s grade up (8.1%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Milton could be anywhere from C to B+.
Who works in Milton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 3,701 residents head out to work and 545 work right here.
About 15,000 people are in Milton on a workday afternoon, 33% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Milton live
Where Milton clocks in
15% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milton, 2013 → 2023: 7,698 → 7,975. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Milton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Milton: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milton workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,603 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Milton
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Milton start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Milton is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns, #361 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place 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 5,073 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). 8.5% of Milton households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Milton’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Milton is 1,587th of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 235 | Key Biscayne FL | 14,815 | $182K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 301 | Asbury Lake FL | 14,458 | $101K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 322 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,585 | Holly Township MI | 12,283 | $75K | 9.3% | 7.7% | 7% | B− |
| 1,586 | Swan Creek Township OH | 8,398 | $69K | 7.1% | 6.0% | 6% | B− |
| 1,587 | Milton FL | 11,440 | $76K | 8.1% | 5.4% | 13% | B− |
| 1,588 | Flushing Township MI | 10,574 | $85K | 9.1% | 7.1% | 3% | B− |
| 1,589 | Shawangunk NY | 13,609 | $110K | 35.9% | 4.0% | 11% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Milton, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
How Milton compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to East Milton (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Milton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton | – | B− | B | 26 min | $76,301 |
| East Milton | 5% | C+ | C− | 33 min | $64,904 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of 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 2023, 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 Milton: questions
What is the median household income in Milton?
$76,301 (±$3,364) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milton?
8.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milton?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milton work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pensacola (15%, 16 mi), Ferry Pass (7%, 11 mi), East Milton (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Milton walkable?
Milton is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Milton without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Milton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Milton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.