Milan Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
There are 164 jobs in Milan Township for 578 working residents. For jobs and income Milan Township is better than 84% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (D). 37% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Milan Township in brief
A lot of Milan Township works from home
37% of Milan Township workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Time on the road ↓
Milan Township is a place people come home to
There are 164 jobs based in Milan Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Milan Township has about 1,100 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Milan Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 578 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Milan Township earns its Jobs & income grade
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Milan Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (4.1%) is left out: Milan Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Milan Township could be anywhere from B to A.
The daily trip from Milan Township: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milan Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 577 commuters (the 37% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 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.
The daily commute in and out of Milan Township
On a workday 575 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 161 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Milan Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 2021, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in Milan
Where Milan Township clocks in
5% of workers
4% 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.
73% of the jobs in Milan Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milan Township, 2011 → 2021: 104 → 164. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Milan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Milan Township commutes less than 19 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Milan Township is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 917 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). 1.0% of Milan Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Milan Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Milan Township next to U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100: 494th of 5,794 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 99 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 164 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 204 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 492 | Trenton WI | 1,212 | $99K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A− |
| 493 | Urbana IA | 1,671 | $116K | 5.5% | 1.9% | 6% | A− |
| 494 | Milan Township MI | 1,540 | $96K | 6.0% | 4.1% | 1% | A− |
| 495 | Taylor Township OH | 1,848 | $102K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 1% | A− |
| 496 | Moulton Township OH | 1,636 | $108K | 1.2% | 2.9% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Michigan.
Next door is work for 18% of Milan Township
The biggest share goes to Milan (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Milan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan Township | – | A− | D | 30 min | $95,750 |
| Milan | 12% | B | A | 29 min | $96,949 |
| Dundee Township | 3% | A− | B− | 29 min | $86,789 |
| London Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 30 min | $80,625 |
| Macon Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 26 min | $78,813 |
| Dundee | under 3% | A− | B+ | 28 min | $78,837 |
| York Township | 3% | A | C− | 28 min | $136,909 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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 2021, 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?
$95,750 (±$23,826) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milan Township?
6.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milan Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 37% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milan Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milan (12%, 4 mi), Ann Arbor (5%, 17 mi), Pittsfield Township (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Milan Township walkable?
Milan Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Milan Township 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 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), 2021, 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.