Photo: Sharonaz39 · CC BY-SA 3.0Milton has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 2,951 jobs in Milton, against 5,710 working residents. Jobs and income earn Milton B+; getting around on foot earns it B−. Measured by household income, Milton is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What’s behind Milton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Milton is better than 69% of U.S. towns, #16 of 71 in Vermont. The poverty rate holds Milton’s grade up (3.6%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (6.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Milton could be anywhere from B− to A.
How a workday changes Milton
On a workday 4,994 residents head out to work, 716 work right here, and 2,235 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,900 people are in Milton on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
17% of working residents work in Burlington
Where Milton clocks in
17% of workers
10% 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.
Making and building: 29% of jobs based in Milton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milton, 2013 → 2023: 2,434 → 2,951. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes to work from Milton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milton workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,533 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Vermont: 82% 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 it is to work from Milton
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.
For most of Milton, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Milton is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #58 of 71 in Vermont. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.2% across Vermont.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,481 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 58% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 56% 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). 1.3% of Milton households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Milton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Milton next to U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000: 1,166th of 2,878 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 384 | Williston VT | 9,975 | $107K | 4.3% | 1.6% | 17% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 534 | Essex VT | 11,346 | $110K | 5.0% | 2.1% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 983 | Essex Junction VT | 10,921 | $89K | 9.5% | 1.9% | 11% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,164 | La Grange KY | 10,669 | $88K | 8.0% | 4.2% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,165 | Carlisle Township OH | 7,131 | $87K | 5.8% | 5.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,166 | Milton VT | 10,646 | $119K | 3.6% | 6.0% | 13% | B+ |
| 1,167 | Forest Acres SC | 10,390 | $78K | 8.2% | 4.1% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,168 | Fairview TN | 10,877 | $91K | 11.6% | 3.3% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
Next door is work for 10% of Milton
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Milton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton | – | B+ | B− | 28 min | $118,977 |
| South Hero | under 3% | A− | B+ | 24 min | $127,434 |
| Colchester | 10% | B+ | A | 20 min | $97,891 |
| Grand Isle | under 3% | B+ | D | 32 min | $100,846 |
| Westford | under 3% | A− | C− | 33 min | $112,750 |
| Georgia | under 3% | B+ | B | 26 min | $105,011 |
| Fairfax | under 3% | A− | B− | 31 min | $128,963 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Colchester. Darker towns draw more of 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 Milton: questions
What is the median household income in Milton?
$118,977 (±$9,633) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milton?
3.6%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milton?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milton work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burlington (17%, 11 mi), South Burlington (15%, 14 mi), Colchester (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Milton walkable?
Milton is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Milton without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Milton, from the people who make the trip.
More of 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.