Almost no one in Milan Township’s labor force is looking for work
Measured by household income, Milan Township is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Milan Township is better than 98% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−). About one in ten stay in Milan Township for work; outside it, Fort Wayne is the main destination (35%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Milan Township at work: what stands out
Milan Township makes and builds things
93% of the jobs based in Milan Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Milan Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. The jobs ↓
Jobs in Milan Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Milan Township went from 479 in 2014 to 2,060 in 2024, +330%. The jobs ↓
Milan Township and Fort Wayne trade workers both ways
Fort Wayne is the top workplace for Milan Township residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Milan Township come from (31% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The jobs in Milan Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
87% of the jobs based in Milan Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 65% of the jobs Milan Township residents hold. 94% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Milan Township. The jobs ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Milan Township averages 28 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (22 to 25 minutes). Next door ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Milan Township’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Milan Township stays A+.
Milan Township works in goods: 93% of its jobs
2,060 jobs are based in Milan Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milan Township, 2014 → 2024: 479 → 2,060. 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.
The places Milan Township commutes to
Where Milan Township clocks in
9% 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.
How a workday changes Milan Township
On a workday 1,376 residents head out to work, 124 work right here, and 1,936 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,600 people are in Milan Township on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).
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 from Milan Township: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milan Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,641 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
Where in the region Milan Township works
About 21% 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.
Getting around Milan Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Milan Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #591 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Milan Township 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 1,828 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 26.4% of Milan Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Milan Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
96th of 4,283: where Milan Township ranks among U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 85 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 94 | Buckner KY | 4,119 | $164K | 0.1% | 2.1% | 9% | A+ |
| 95 | Isle of Palms SC | 4,377 | $157K | 2.5% | 1.3% | 11% | A+ |
| 96 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 8% | A+ |
| 97 | Dunn WI | 4,676 | $128K | 3.4% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 98 | St. Joseph WI | 4,408 | $113K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 5% | A+ |
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| 139 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 207 | Lafayette Township IN | 4,451 | $119K | 3.8% | 1.7% | 11% | A+ |
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| 4,283 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Milan Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work next door: 36% of Milan Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Milan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan Township | – | A+ | D− | 28 min | $120,476 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | B | D | 22 min | $75,167 |
| St. Joseph Township | under 2% | B | B | 22 min | $72,566 |
| Maumee Township | 1% | A− | C− | 23 min | $71,136 |
| Fort Wayne | 35% | C+ | A− | 22 min | $61,422 |
| Adams Township | under 2% | C | B+ | 25 min | $60,041 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fort Wayne. 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?
$120,476 (±$19,896) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milan Township?
1.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milan Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milan Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (35%, 11 mi), New Haven (9%, 6 mi), Indianapolis (5%, 113 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Milan Township walkable?
Milan Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Milan Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 26% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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. 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.