Milan has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Milan itself; outside it, Eastman draws the most (18%, 14 miles). 30 jobs are based in Milan for 205 working residents. Home is the office for 3% of workers; Georgia has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Milan
Milan is a place people come home to
There are 30 jobs based in Milan, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Milan has about 430 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Milan workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 42 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia. Over a year that’s about 322 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 205 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Milan by day
On a workday 203 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Milan on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer 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.
A commute of about 42 minutes in Milan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milan workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 196 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Milan
About 32% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Where the trip to work from Milan ends
Where Milan clocks in
18% of workers
10% of workers
4% 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.
What Milan’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milan, 2013 → 2023: 101 → 30. 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 Milan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Milan: questions
What is the median household income in Milan?
$29,583 (±$23,974) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milan?
49.0%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milan?
42 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milan work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eastman (18%, 14 mi), McRae-Helena (10%, 10 mi), Vidalia (4%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Milan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Milan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Milan
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.