George West House · Photo: Peter Flass · CC BY 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Milton works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Milton B+; getting around on foot earns it B. Milton has 4,243 jobs; 8,698 of its residents have a job. Household incomes here are higher than in 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Milton at work: what stands out
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Milton
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Milton is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #243 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Milton’s grade up ($100,322, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Milton could be anywhere from B− to A.
About 25 minutes each way for Milton’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milton workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,067 commuters (the 15% 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.
Milton by day and by night
On a workday 7,977 residents head out to work, 721 work right here, and 3,522 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15,000 people are in Milton 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 2023, primary jobs.
16% of working residents work in Saratoga Springs
Where Milton clocks in
16% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
65% of the jobs in Milton pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milton, 2013 → 2023: 5,236 → 4,243. 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 Milton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Milton’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Driving is how Milton gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Milton is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns, #441 of 758 in New York. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,544 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 23% 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 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 57% 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). 1.8% of Milton households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Milton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 14,000 to 26,000, Milton ranks 795th of 1,760 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Floral Park NY | 16,105 | $150K | 3.0% | 3.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Garden City NY | 23,043 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Victor NY | 16,422 | $116K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 793 | Palisades Park NJ | 20,317 | $95K | 9.4% | 5.6% | 7% | B+ |
| 794 | Moncks Corner SC | 20,612 | $92K | 8.3% | 3.6% | 11% | B+ |
| 795 | Milton NY | 19,546 | $100K | 5.8% | 4.9% | 8% | B+ |
| 796 | Black Forest CO | 15,738 | $145K | 5.0% | 4.8% | 4% | B+ |
| 797 | Norcross GA | 19,086 | $75K | 15.2% | 2.2% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,760 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
23% of Milton works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Saratoga Springs (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Milton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton | – | B+ | B | 25 min | $100,322 |
| Greenfield | under 4% | B− | C− | 24 min | $85,773 |
| Saratoga Springs | 16% | A− | A+ | 27 min | $105,944 |
| Ballston | 7% | A | B | 27 min | $116,161 |
| Galway | under 4% | B+ | C− | 26 min | $110,149 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Milton’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 Milton: questions
What is the median household income in Milton?
$100,322 (±$8,952) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milton?
5.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milton?
25 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milton work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Saratoga Springs (16%, 6 mi), Colonie (8%, 22 mi), Albany (8%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Milton walkable?
Milton is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Milton without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Milton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Milton
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.