Most of Milton Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
There are 235 jobs in Milton Township; 809 of its residents have a job. Milton Township grades B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Home is the office for 25% of workers, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Milton Township apart on work
Milton Township is a place people come home to
There are 235 jobs based in Milton Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
A lot of Milton Township works from home
25% of Milton 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; with 809 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Milton Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Milton Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Milton Township’s grade up (6.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 9% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.1%) is left out: Milton 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, Milton Township could be anywhere from C to B.
How a workday changes Milton Township
On a workday 766 residents head out to work, 43 work right here, and 192 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Milton Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Milton Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milton Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 649 commuters (the 25% 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.
20% of working residents work in Traverse City
Where Milton Township clocks in
20% of workers
6% 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.
Milton Township makes things: 67% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milton Township, 2011 → 2021: 177 → 235. 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 Milton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Milton Township
About 25% 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Milton Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Milton Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 869 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). 2.8% of Milton Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Milton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,494th of 5,401: where Milton Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 21 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 98 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 141 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,492 | Washington Township IN | 2,355 | $69K | 12.1% | 1.5% | 11% | B− |
| 2,493 | Silver Lake Township KS | 1,893 | $57K | 5.5% | 0.0% | 7% | B− |
| 2,494 | Milton Township MI | 2,485 | $89K | 6.7% | 3.1% | 5% | B− |
| 2,495 | Madison Township OH | 2,120 | $71K | 9.6% | 2.0% | 3% | B− |
| 2,496 | Austinburg Township OH | 2,162 | $81K | 10.4% | 5.4% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,401 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Milton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
19% of Milton Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Elk Rapids Township (15%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Milton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Township | – | B− | C | 26 min | $88,971 |
| Clearwater Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 32 min | $74,663 |
| Helena Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Whitewater Township | 2% | B+ | D | 25 min | $93,958 |
| Elk Rapids Township | 15% | A− | A− | 20 min | $82,933 |
| Rapid City | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Forest Home Township | under 2% | C | B+ | 22 min | $81,111 |
| Torch Lake Township | 2% | C | C− | 29 min | $89,485 |
Same-state neighbors only. Helena Township: not graded. Rapid City: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Milton 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 Milton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Milton Township?
$88,971 (±$13,536) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milton Township?
6.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milton Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milton Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Traverse City (20%, 18 mi), Elk Rapids Township (15%, 4 mi), Garfield Township (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Milton Township walkable?
Milton Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Milton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Milton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Milton 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.