Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Milford works elsewhere
Milford has 39 jobs, and 323 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Milford; the top destination outside it is Dallas (15%, 48 miles). Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Milford stands out on work
Milford’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Milford is Dallas, 48 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (47) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Milford is a place people come home to
There are 39 jobs based in Milford, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Milford has about 530 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% 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 ↓
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 323 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far it is to work from Milford
About 34% 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.
Milford quiets down on a workday
On a workday 319 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Milford on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
The places Milford commutes to
Where Milford clocks in
11% of workers
7% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Milford
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milford, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 39. 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 Milford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes to work from Milford
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milford workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 380 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
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 Milford: questions
What is the median household income in Milford?
$30,850 (±$6,527) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milford?
25.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milford?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milford work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (15%, 48 mi), Waxahachie (11%, 20 mi), Fort Worth (7%, 51 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Milford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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), 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.