Photo: Billwhittaker at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Milo commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Milo; the top destination outside it is Des Moines (24%, 22 miles). Milo has 154 jobs, and 335 of its residents work somewhere. A typical one-way commute lasts 32 minutes, next to 20 for Iowa and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Milo: the gist
Time on the road from Milo: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milo workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 413 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% 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.
Milo quiets down on a workday
On a workday 327 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 146 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Milo on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
The towns that employ Milo’s residents
Where Milo clocks in
16% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Milo: what the 154 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milo, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 154. 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 Milo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Milo commutes less than 23 miles
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.
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 Milo: questions
What is the median household income in Milo?
$79,904 (±$13,382) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milo?
1.6%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milo?
32 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milo work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Des Moines (24%, 22 mi), Indianola (16%, 8 mi), West Des Moines (9%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Milo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Milo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Milo
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.