Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMilton Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Milton Township has 422 jobs, and 1,303 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Milton Township B+; getting around on foot earns it B. Only 6% work in Milton Township; the top destination outside it is Youngstown (8%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Milton Township apart
The better-paid jobs are outside Milton Township
57% of Milton Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 31% of the jobs based in Milton Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Milton Township pay little
32% of the jobs based in Milton Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 30% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Milton Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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.
Jobs & income in Milton Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Milton Township is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #334 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment is its strongest input (2.0%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (9.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Milton Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Services make up most of the work in Milton Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milton Township, 2013 → 2023: 276 → 422. 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.
The daily trip from Milton Township: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 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 1,398 commuters (the 10% 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.
How a workday changes Milton Township
On a workday 1,222 residents head out to work, 81 work right here, and 341 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Milton Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Where the trip to work from Milton Township ends
Where Milton Township clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
How far it is to work from Milton Township
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 Milton Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Milton Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #334 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,546 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). 5.5% 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.
1,053rd of 4,221: where Milton Township ranks among U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,051 | Zelienople PA | 3,752 | $68K | 6.3% | 2.5% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,052 | Waterloo WI | 3,600 | $88K | 13.7% | 0.6% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,053 | Milton Township OH | 3,517 | $83K | 9.7% | 2.0% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,054 | Beverly NJ | 2,564 | $89K | 15.7% | 2.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,055 | Whitewater Township IN | 2,755 | $87K | 1.0% | 4.5% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,221 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Milton Township
The biggest share goes to Jackson Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Milton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Township | – | B+ | B | 29 min | $82,500 |
| Palmyra Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 32 min | $89,141 |
| Berlin Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 35 min | $75,324 |
| Newton Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 27 min | $62,327 |
| Jackson Township | 4% | C | C− | 28 min | $60,039 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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 median household income in Milton Township?
$82,500 (±$14,370) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milton Township?
9.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milton Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milton Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Youngstown (8%, 16 mi), Boardman Township (5%, 16 mi), Jackson Township (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Milton Township walkable?
Milton Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Milton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% 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.