Buckeye Furnace Covered Bridge · Photo: Don O'Brien from Piketon, Ohio, United States · CC BY 2.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Milton Township works elsewhere
Milton Township grades D− for walkability. 137 jobs are based in Milton Township for 371 working residents. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Milton Township in brief
The quickest commute around
Milton Township’s 20-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 23 to 43 minutes. Next door ↓
Few Milton Township workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 371 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Time on the road from Milton Township: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milton Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 469 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.
Milton Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 369 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in Milton Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
15% of working residents work in Jackson
Where Milton Township clocks in
14% of workers
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.
Goods jobs make up 30% of work in Milton Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milton Township, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 137. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Milton Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 22% 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.
Few in Milton Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Milton Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Milton Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 469 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). 0.0% of Milton Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Milton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Milton Township and its neighbors: 17% work next door
The biggest share goes to Wellston (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Milton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Township | – | — | D− | 20 min | — |
| Bloomfield Township | under 3% | C− | D− | 38 min | $48,397 |
| Wellston | 14% | C− | B− | 36 min | $56,193 |
| Lick Township | 3% | C | C− | 23 min | $46,078 |
| Wilkesville Township | under 3% | — | — | 43 min | — |
| Coal Township | under 3% | D− | C | 23 min | $55,647 |
| Clinton Township | under 3% | D− | D− | 30 min | $46,776 |
Same-state neighbors only. Wilkesville Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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 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 Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Milton Township?
6.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milton Township?
20 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 Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (15%, 8 mi), Wellston (14%, 4 mi), Columbus (4%, 68 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Milton Township walkable?
Milton Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Milton Township 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 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), 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.