Photo: Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0Milford draws 1,967 commuters a day, with 4.5 jobs for every working resident
2,018 jobs are based in Milford for 452 working residents. Milford grades C+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. About one in ten work in Milford itself; outside it, Westfall Township draws the most (5%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Milford in brief
Milford fills up on a workday
Milford has 2,018 jobs, 4.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,700 people are in town, more than double the 1,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Milford are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker, and quicker than any town next door (25 to 43 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 452 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Milford’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Milford is better than 38% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Milford’s grade up ($74,844, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.4%) is left out: Milford’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, Milford could be anywhere from D to B+.
Milford’s population more than doubles on a workday
On a workday 401 residents head out to work and 51 work right here.
About 2,700 people are in Milford on a workday afternoon, 137% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Half of Milford commutes less than 30 miles
About 33% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The daily trip from Milford: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milford workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 657 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The towns that send workers to Milford
Where Milford clocks in
5% of workers
5% of workers
2% 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.
What Milford’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milford, 2014 → 2024: 1,672 → 2,018. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Milford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Milford is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Milford is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Milford 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 726 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 24.1% of Milford households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Milford’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,728th of 3,771: where Milford ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,726 | Lyons OR | 1,226 | $92K | 14.7% | 8.8% | 5% | C+ |
| 1,727 | New Lisbon NY | 1,084 | $85K | 8.5% | 1.8% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,728 | Milford PA | 1,142 | $75K | 11.3% | 2.4% | 11% | C+ |
| 1,729 | Carr Township IN | 1,358 | $68K | 6.0% | 1.6% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,730 | Kenwood Estates FL | 1,263 | $66K | 33.5% | 2.3% | <1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Milford, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Milford: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Milford workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milford | – | C+ | A+ | 20 min | $74,844 |
| Dingman Township | 2% | C+ | C | 43 min | $100,972 |
| Milford Township | 5% | B− | B | 25 min | $85,234 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Milford Township. Darker towns draw more of Milford’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 2024, 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 Milford: questions
What is the median household income in Milford?
$74,844 (±$24,286) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milford?
11.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milford?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milford work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Westfall Township (5%, 5 mi), Milford Township (5%, 3 mi), New York City (2%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Milford walkable?
Milford is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 19.0 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Milford without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Milford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Milford
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.