Photo: AlexiusHoratius · CC BY-SA 3.0Milan has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
6% of workers work from home (New Hampshire 17%). Milan has 139 jobs, and 602 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Milan C; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Milan apart
Milan and Berlin trade workers both ways
Berlin is the top workplace for Milan residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Milan come from (29% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Milan is a place people come home to
There are 139 jobs based in Milan, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Milan has about 890 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. 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; with 602 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Milan’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Milan is better than 32% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Milan’s grade up (6.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.2%) is left out: Milan’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Milan could be anywhere from C− to B−.
30% of working residents work in Berlin
Where Milan clocks in
30% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Milan quiets down on a workday
On a workday 579 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Milan on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Miles to work from Milan
About 33% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Factories, building and farms: 47% of the jobs in Milan
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milan, 2013 → 2023: 200 → 139. 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 Milan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Milan: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milan workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 623 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across New Hampshire: 87% 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.
Most of Milan commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Milan is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across New Hampshire, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 662 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). 1.1% of Milan households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Milan’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,905th of 5,400: where Milan ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 140 | Newfields NH | 1,775 | $198K | 2.4% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 601 | Mason NH | 1,460 | $111K | 4.7% | 2.7% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 666 | Lyndeborough NH | 1,730 | $117K | 3.7% | 9.8% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,903 | Windsor Township IL | 1,343 | $70K | 11.3% | 2.7% | 6% | C |
| 2,904 | Kenduskeag ME | 1,418 | $80K | 15.9% | 2.1% | <1% | C |
| 2,905 | Milan NH | 1,354 | $70K | 6.7% | 1.2% | 4% | C |
| 2,906 | Union Township PA | 1,517 | $76K | 12.9% | 4.9% | 2% | C |
| 2,907 | Crystal Lakes OH | 1,245 | $63K | 25.9% | 13.1% | <1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
The towns next door employ 30% of Milan
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Milan workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan | – | C | C | 30 min | $70,300 |
| Berlin | 30% | D | B+ | 19 min | $45,180 |
| Dummer | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Stark | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dummer and Stark: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Berlin. Darker towns draw more of Milan’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 Milan: questions
What is the median household income in Milan?
$70,300 (±$8,319) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milan?
6.7%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milan?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milan work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Berlin (30%, 6 mi), Gorham (9%, 11 mi), Errol (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Milan walkable?
Milan is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Milan 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, from the people who make the trip.
More of Milan
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.