North Milford Village Historic District · Photo: Traveler100 · CC BY-SA 3.0Milford Township has higher household incomes than 83% of U.S. towns
For 22% of workers, the job is at home; Michigan has 14%. 5.3% of residents are in poverty, against 13.2% across Michigan. Milford Township grades A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Milford Township in brief
Milford Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Milford Township went from 5,260 in 2011 to 10,001 in 2021, +90%. The jobs ↓
No single place dominates Milford Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Novi, gets only 5% of working residents, and 54% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Milford Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Milford Township draws workers from far and wide
The 10,001 jobs in Milford Township are filled from a wide area. Milford Township’s own residents hold 6% and the ten next-biggest home towns 23%; the other 71% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Milford 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 ↓
Home offices are common in Milford Township
22% of Milford Township workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Milford Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Milford Township is better than 90% of U.S. towns, #61 of 701 in Michigan. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 84% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is three years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Milford Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Milford Township is a services town
10,001 jobs are based in Milford Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milford Township, 2011 → 2021: 5,260 → 10,001. 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 Milford Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
5% of working residents work in Novi
Where Milford Township clocks in
5% 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.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Milford Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milford Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,255 commuters (the 22% 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 flow of workers through Milford Township
On a workday 6,644 residents head out to work, 637 work right here, and 9,364 people come in from elsewhere.
About 21,000 people are in Milford Township on a workday afternoon, 15% 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 2021, primary jobs.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Milford Township
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.
The commute in Milford Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Milford Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns, #314 of 701 in Michigan. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,992 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). 5.0% of Milford Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Milford Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Milford Township places 297th of 1,822 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 13,000 to 24,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 5 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
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| 16 | Southfield Township MI | 14,671 | $185K | 4.7% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Berkley MI | 15,145 | $116K | 4.5% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
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| 295 | Watertown CT | 22,526 | $102K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 14% | A |
| 296 | Allouez WI | 13,838 | $91K | 5.1% | 2.0% | 4% | A |
| 297 | Milford Township MI | 18,008 | $110K | 5.3% | 3.1% | 9% | A |
| 298 | West Hempfield Township PA | 17,162 | $98K | 5.6% | 2.2% | 7% | A |
| 299 | Flowery Branch GA | 13,110 | $104K | 6.1% | 2.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,822 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Michigan.
Milford Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Wixom (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Milford Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milford Township | – | A | C+ | 30 min | $109,657 |
| Lyon Township | under 3% | A | C+ | 30 min | $146,354 |
| Highland Township | 3% | B+ | C− | 35 min | $96,574 |
| Commerce Township | under 3% | A | C+ | 28 min | $113,148 |
| Brighton Township | under 3% | A | C+ | 27 min | $132,610 |
| Wixom | 4% | B | B | 25 min | $65,485 |
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 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 Milford Township: questions
What is the median household income in Milford Township?
$109,657 (±$9,492) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milford Township?
5.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milford Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milford Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Novi (5%, 9 mi), Detroit (5%, 29 mi), Southfield (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Milford Township walkable?
Milford Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Milford Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 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.