Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Milton Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Milton Township has 605 jobs, and 1,271 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Milton Township are B for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Home is the office for 4% of workers; Ohio has 13%.
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
Milton Township makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Milton Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Milton Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 33%. The jobs ↓
Few Milton Township workers work from home
Only 4% 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.
The four measures behind Milton Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Milton Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #502 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Milton Township’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.1%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Milton Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Factories, building and farms: 40% of the jobs in Milton Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milton Township, 2013 → 2023: 563 → 605. 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.
From Milton Township, about 20 minutes to the job
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 1,184 commuters (the 4% 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.
In and out of Milton Township on a workday
On a workday 1,151 residents head out to work, 120 work right here, and 485 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Milton Township 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.
14% of working residents work in Wooster
Where Milton Township clocks in
6% of workers
6% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips 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.
Driving is how Milton Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Milton Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #510 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,237 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). 1.8% 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.
How Milton Township ranks: 1,740th of 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 37 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 42 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 47 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 1,738 | Washoe Valley NV | 3,315 | $123K | 5.8% | 6.8% | 3% | B |
| 1,739 | Enochville NC | 3,321 | $66K | 18.6% | 0.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,740 | Milton Township OH | 2,957 | $69K | 13.1% | 2.6% | 9% | B |
| 1,741 | Pleasant Township PA | 2,164 | $76K | 6.8% | 2.1% | 2% | B |
| 1,742 | Penngrove CA | 2,119 | $107K | 8.2% | 7.2% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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.
Work in the towns next to Milton Township
The biggest share goes to Rittman (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Milton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Township | – | B | C+ | 20 min | $69,401 |
| Rittman | 5% | C | B− | 28 min | $60,154 |
| Canaan Township | 2% | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $76,431 |
| Green Township | under 3% | B+ | B− | 20 min | $73,422 |
| Guilford Township | under 3% | A+ | D | 27 min | $111,983 |
| Chippewa Township | under 3% | A− | C | 23 min | $80,440 |
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?
$69,401 (±$10,703) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milton Township?
13.1%, 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. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milton Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wooster (14%, 10 mi), Orrville (6%, 7 mi), Wadsworth (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Milton Township walkable?
Milton Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Milton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% 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.