Milford Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Milford Township has 379 jobs; 1,204 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Milford Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (B−). Only 7% work in Milford Township itself; outside it, Fort Wayne draws the most (14%, 33 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Milford Township, in a few figures
Milford Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 130 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (25 to 28 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Milford Township makes and builds things
60% of the jobs based in Milford Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Milford Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 42%. The jobs ↓
Milford Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Milford Township is Fort Wayne, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (174) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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.
How Milford Township earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Milford Township’s grade up ($90,833, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Milford Township could be anywhere from D to A.
The daily trip from Milford Township: about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milford Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,328 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.
Goods jobs make up 60% of work in Milford Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milford Township, 2013 → 2023: 326 → 379. 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 Milford Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Milford Township
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.
Who works in Milford Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,117 residents head out to work, 87 work right here, and 292 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Milford 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.
Where Milford Township goes to work
Where Milford Township clocks in
6% 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.
The commute in Milford Township is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,477 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.4% of Milford Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Milford Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000, Milford Township comes 2,292nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 73 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 122 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 190 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,290 | St. Marys KS | 2,790 | $77K | 8.6% | 4.4% | 29% | B− |
| 2,291 | Sabetha KS | 2,474 | $70K | 10.6% | 1.6% | 42% | B− |
| 2,292 | Milford Township IN | 2,992 | $91K | 8.5% | 5.0% | 7% | B− |
| 2,293 | Jackson Township IN | 2,770 | $68K | 6.0% | 5.2% | 4% | B− |
| 2,294 | Independence Township KS | 2,165 | $76K | 7.1% | 4.0% | 9% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Milford Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Milford Township
The biggest share goes to Springfield Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Milford Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milford Township | – | B− | B− | 41 min | $90,833 |
| Salem Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 27 min | $81,462 |
| Johnson Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 28 min | $83,795 |
| Wayne Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 26 min | $60,000 |
| Springfield Township | 2% | B− | C+ | 25 min | $61,734 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Milford 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 Milford Township: questions
What is the median household income in Milford Township?
$90,833 (±$22,934) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milford Township?
8.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milford Township?
41 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milford Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (14%, 33 mi), Kendallville (6%, 8 mi), Elkhart (5%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Milford Township walkable?
Milford Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Milford Township without a car?
4% 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 Milford Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Milford 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. 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.