Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Milton Center works elsewhere
Employers in Milton Center report 6 jobs, against 49 working residents. Hardly any work in Milton Center itself; outside it, Bowling Green draws the most (27%, 11 miles). 0% of workers work from home; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Milton Center
On a workday 49 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 91 people are in Milton Center on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Milton Center: the destinations
Where Milton Center clocks in
27% of workers
10% 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.
33% of the jobs in Milton Center make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milton Center, 2014 → 2024: 2 → 6. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Milton Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Milton Center: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milton Center workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 68 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
Where in the region Milton Center works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Center: questions
What is the median household income in Milton Center?
$63,438 (±$32,182) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milton Center?
23.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milton Center?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milton Center work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bowling Green (27%, 11 mi), Toledo (10%, 28 mi), Tontogany (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Milton Center without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Milton Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Milton Center
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.