With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Milo Township works elsewhere
22 jobs are based in Milo Township; 75 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Milo Township for work; outside it, Princeton is the main destination (21%, 15 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Illinois 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Milo Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 75 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Milo Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Commuting out of Milo Township: the destinations
Where Milo Township clocks in
21% of workers
5% 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: 91% of jobs based in Milo Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milo Township, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 22. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Milo Township: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milo Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 63 commuters (the 0% 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.
Miles to work from Milo Township
About 33% 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.
Milo Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Milo Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milo Township | – | — | — | 28 min | $103,750 |
| Wheatland Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Osceola Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Indiantown Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Saratoga Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wheatland Township, Osceola Township, Indiantown Township and Saratoga Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Milo 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 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Milo Township?
$103,750 (±$74,439) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milo Township?
1.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milo Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milo Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Princeton (21%, 15 mi), Chicago (5%, 108 mi), McNabb (3%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Milo 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 Milo Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Milo Township
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.