Photo: User:OHWiki · Public domainWith 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Milton Township works elsewhere
260 jobs are based in Milton Township, and 949 of its residents work somewhere. Milton Township grades B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 1% work in Milton Township itself; outside it, Ashland draws the most (37%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Milton Township at work: what stands out
Milton Township and Ashland trade workers both ways
Ashland is the top workplace for Milton Township residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Milton Township come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Milton Township is a place people come home to
There are 260 jobs based in Milton Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Milton Township has about 1,700 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Milton Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Milton Township fell from 346 in 2013 to 260 in 2023, −25%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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 949 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Milton Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Milton Township is better than 49% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Milton Township’s grade.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Milton Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Milton Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Commuting out of Milton Township: the destinations
Where Milton Township clocks in
37% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Milton Township
On a workday 938 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 249 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Milton Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
What Milton Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milton Township, 2013 → 2023: 346 → 260. 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.
Getting to work from Milton Township takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 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 751 commuters (the 6% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Milton Township
About 20% 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.
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 31% 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 796 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). 2.4% 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 next to U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300: 2,358th of 5,207 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 29 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,356 | Pierrepont NY | 2,525 | $93K | 4.8% | 5.2% | 2% | B− |
| 2,357 | Jackson Township OH | 2,786 | $75K | 19.2% | 0.5% | 3% | B− |
| 2,358 | Milton Township OH | 2,408 | $73K | 9.1% | 0.0% | 1% | B− |
| 2,359 | Fulton Township PA | 3,227 | $79K | 7.3% | 4.3% | 6% | B− |
| 2,360 | Sheridan IL | 2,094 | $85K | 10.9% | 7.9% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 next door: 38% of Milton Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Milton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Township | – | B− | C | 21 min | $73,295 |
| Ashland | 37% | C+ | A− | 21 min | $60,029 |
| Weller Township | under 2% | A | C | 30 min | $97,406 |
| Mifflin Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 27 min | $91,393 |
| Montgomery Township | 1% | A | C− | 16 min | $99,979 |
| Clear Creek Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 28 min | $73,814 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Ashland. 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?
$73,295 (±$20,881) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milton Township?
9.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milton Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milton Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ashland (37%, 3 mi), Mansfield (8%, 10 mi), Wooster (4%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Milton Township walkable?
Milton Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 1% 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.