Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWest Milton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Only 8% work in West Milton itself; outside it, Troy draws the most (11%, 8 miles). 669 jobs are based in West Milton for 2,019 working residents. Jobs and income earn West Milton B−; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in West Milton
What’s behind West Milton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, West Milton is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #577 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds West Milton’s grade up (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.3%, 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, West Milton could be anywhere from C to A−.
Commuting from West Milton: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of West Milton workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,067 commuters (the 8% 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 West Milton
On a workday 1,865 residents head out to work, 154 work right here, and 515 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in West Milton on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 West Milton goes to work
Where West Milton clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in West Milton: what the 669 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Milton, 2013 → 2023: 711 → 669. 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 West Milton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region West Milton works
About 16% 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.
West Milton is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, West Milton is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns, #791 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,235 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). 2.7% of West Milton households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of West Milton’s commuters take a bus or train.
West Milton is 1,916th of 3,840 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Sharon Township OH | 6,117 | $126K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,914 | Sandy Township OH | 3,525 | $69K | 11.3% | 3.4% | 9% | B− |
| 1,915 | Union Township OH | 3,533 | $74K | 11.0% | 2.4% | 7% | B− |
| 1,916 | West Milton OH | 4,871 | $63K | 15.3% | 2.3% | 8% | B− |
| 1,917 | Bellefonte PA | 5,862 | $63K | 13.1% | 0.7% | 11% | B− |
| 1,918 | Deerfield Township MI | 5,802 | $72K | 8.9% | 2.0% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,840 | 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 West Milton, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to West Milton
The biggest share goes to Union (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | West Milton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Milton | – | B− | C− | 28 min | $62,885 |
| Union Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 28 min | $69,263 |
| Union | 3% | B | B− | 25 min | $73,353 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of West Milton’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 West Milton: questions
What is the median household income in West Milton?
$62,885 (±$7,231) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in West Milton?
15.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from West Milton?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in West Milton work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Troy (11%, 8 mi), Dayton (9%, 14 mi), Vandalia (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is West Milton walkable?
West Milton is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around West Milton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from West Milton, from the people who make the trip.
More of West Milton
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.