Sampson Theatre · Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Milo (1.5%) is lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
About one in four stay in Milo for work; outside it, Benton is the main destination (7%, 8 miles). For jobs and income Milo is better than 44% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (B+). The trip to work takes 16 minutes on average, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Milo, in a few figures
The figures behind Milo’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Milo’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Milo could be anywhere from C to B.
Each way, about 16 minutes from Milo
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milo workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,612 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% 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 Milo
On a workday 1,628 residents head out to work, 596 work right here, and 2,304 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,400 people are in Milo on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).
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 the trip to work from Milo ends
Where Milo clocks in
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.
What Milo’s employers do
2,900 jobs are based in Milo.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milo, 2013 → 2023: 2,515 → 2,900. 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 Milo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Milo
About 19% 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.
Most trips from Milo start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 7.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,945 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). 17.2% of Milo households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Milo’s commuters take a bus or train.
Milo places 2,059th of 3,253 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 15 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,057 | Posen IL | 5,405 | $73K | 21.5% | 6.1% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,058 | Waller TX | 5,380 | $40K | 25.5% | 2.0% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,059 | Milo NY | 6,772 | $63K | 12.4% | 1.5% | 27% | C+ |
| 2,060 | Rives Township MI | 4,794 | $86K | 10.5% | 8.9% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,061 | Blacklick Estates OH | 8,389 | $69K | 12.7% | 7.5% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,253 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Milo, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work next door: 17% of Milo’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Milo workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milo | – | C+ | B+ | 16 min | $62,500 |
| Jerusalem | 4% | C+ | B | 24 min | $86,780 |
| Benton | 7% | C+ | B− | 23 min | $74,767 |
| Barrington | under 2% | B− | B | 19 min | $90,938 |
| Starkey | 2% | D | B | 26 min | $55,064 |
| Torrey | 4% | C+ | B− | 26 min | $95,500 |
| Penn Yan | under 2% | C+ | A− | 14 min | $60,190 |
| Keuka Park | under 2% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Lodi | under 2% | C | C+ | 26 min | $78,489 |
Same-state neighbors only. Keuka Park: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Benton. Darker towns draw more of Milo’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 Milo: questions
What is the median household income in Milo?
$62,500 (±$9,357) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milo?
12.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milo?
16 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milo work?
27% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Benton (7%, 8 mi), Jerusalem (4%, 8 mi), Geneva (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Milo walkable?
Milo is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Milo without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Milo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Milo
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.