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Jobs & commute in Miltonsburg

Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Miltonsburg

0% of workers work from home, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. Hardly any work in Miltonsburg; the top destination outside it is New Haven (10%, 444 miles). Working residents average 47 minutes each way; Ohio averages 23, the U.S. 26.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Miltonsburg by day

On a workday 10 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

10live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night31
Workday21
31live here− 10head out to work+ 0come in to work= 21on a workday

About 21 people are in Miltonsburg on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The towns that employ Miltonsburg’s residents

New Haven: 1 residents work here (10%)MiltonsburgBeallsville: 1 residents work here (10%)Woodsfield: 1 residents work here (10%)New Martinsville: 1 residents work here (10%)Wheeling: 1 residents work here (10%)Franklin Township: 1 residents work here (10%)Washington Township: 1 residents work here (10%)Etna Township: 1 residents work here (10%)Hannibal: 1 residents work here (10%)New HavenBeallsvilleWoodsfieldNew MartinsvilleWheelingFranklin TownshipMiltonsburg
1
New Haven, CT444.2 mi away
10%1
2
Beallsville7 mi away
10%1
3
Woodsfield5.4 mi away
10%1
410%1
5
Wheeling, WV30.1 mi away
10%1
610%1
710%1
8
Etna Township81.3 mi away
10%1
9
Hannibal19.1 mi away
10%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
10%1
The top trips

Where Miltonsburg clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Miltonsburg’s commute takes about 47 minutes

A year of commuting
359 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Miltonsburg47 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Miltonsburg workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Miltonsburg gets to work
92%Drive alone
8%Other

Share of the 25 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.

How far

Half of Miltonsburg commutes less than 21 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miNew Haven: 10% · 444.2 miBeallsville: 10% · 7 miWoodsfield: 10% · 5.4 miNew Martinsville: 10% · 20.6 miWheeling: 10% · 30.1 miFranklin Township: 10% · 9.5 miWashington Township: 10% · 29.8 miEtna Township: 10% · 81.3 miHannibal: 10% · 19.1 miNew Haven 10%Beallsville 10%Woodsfield 10%New Martinsville 10%Wheeling 10%Miltonsburg
MiltonsburgTop destinations (size = commuters)
33%Under 10 mi3 residents
22%10–24 mi2 residents
22%25–50 mi2 residents
22%Over 50 mi2 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Miltonsburg: questions

What is the poverty rate in Miltonsburg?

21.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Miltonsburg?

47 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Miltonsburg work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Haven (10%, 444 mi), Beallsville (10%, 7 mi), Woodsfield (10%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Miltonsburg 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 Miltonsburg, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Miltonsburg

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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.