With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Milan Township works elsewhere
Home is the office for 4% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. Employers in Milan Township report 20 jobs; 128 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Milan Township for work; outside it, DeKalb is the main destination (12%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Milan Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 128 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Milan Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Milan Township: the destinations
Where Milan Township clocks in
12% of workers
3% 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.
Making and building: 35% of jobs based in Milan Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milan Township, 2014 → 2024: 16 → 20. 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 Milan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way for Milan Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milan Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 168 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Milan Township’s workers travel
About 22% 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.
The towns around Milan Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Milan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan Township | – | — | — | 27 min | $143,500 |
| Shabbona Township | under 3% | B | B+ | 29 min | $81,032 |
| Afton Township | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Alto Township | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Malta Township | under 3% | B− | C+ | 28 min | $85,469 |
Same-state neighbors only. Afton Township and Alto Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Milan Township’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 Milan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Milan Township?
$143,500 (±$30,771) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milan Township?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milan Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milan Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are DeKalb (12%, 9 mi), Sycamore (7%, 15 mi), Shabbona (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Milan Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Milan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Milan Township
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.