Milton Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Milton, Massachusetts: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Milton: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Milton spend about 61 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 254 hours, about 10.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 19% more time on the road than the Massachusetts average of 25.6 minutes each way, a difference of 4.9 minutes.

Milton holds about 0.4% of Massachusetts's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Milton would save about 101 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,146 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Milton	30.4 min	60.9 min	254 hrs/yr	$7,866	3,401
Massachusetts	25.6 min	51.1 min	213 hrs/yr	$6,603	2,164
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Milton Commute Map

On average, it takes 30.4 minutes to get to work in Milton. That's 36% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 29.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Milton

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Milton, versus 0.1% in Massachusetts.

Commute Mode Trends in Milton, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Milton get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Public Transportation	Walked	Other	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	81.6%	4.8%	9.7%	3.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	82.5%	4.4%	10.2%	2.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	81.9%	4.3%	9.8%	3.1%	0.1%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%
2012	80.3%	4.8%	9.4%	4.2%	0.6%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	77.8%	5.2%	10.6%	4.5%	0.5%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	76.4%	6.1%	11.4%	4.3%	0.6%	1.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2015	75.9%	5.8%	11.5%	4.8%	0.5%	1.4%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	75.7%	6.3%	12.4%	4.2%	0.5%	0.8%	0.0%	0.2%
2017	75.6%	5.8%	12.4%	4.6%	0.5%	0.9%	0.0%	0.2%
2018	75.3%	5.5%	12.9%	5.0%	0.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%
2019	74.6%	5.3%	12.7%	4.9%	1.0%	0.5%	0.8%	0.2%
2020	67.0%	12.7%	13.9%	4.4%	0.7%	0.4%	0.7%	0.1%
2021	62.4%	18.0%	12.2%	4.6%	1.2%	0.5%	1.1%	0.0%
2022	62.1%	21.5%	10.2%	3.2%	1.2%	0.6%	1.2%	0.0%
2023	59.9%	25.6%	8.8%	2.5%	1.3%	0.8%	1.1%	0.0%
2024	57.6%	29.7%	7.8%	3.0%	1.2%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2010 at 82.5%. Overall it fell from 81.6% in 2009 to 57.6% in 2024, down 24.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 14 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Milton: its share of workers rose from 4.8% in 2009 to 29.7% in 2024, up 24.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 24.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 9.7% to 7.8% of workers (down 1.9 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 5.0% in 2018 and has since fallen back to 3.0%.

Commute Start Times in Milton

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Milton?

The bars show when commuters in Milton leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Massachusetts for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		3.7%
5:00-5:29 AM		1.3%
5:30-5:59 AM		2.3%
6:00-6:29 AM		5.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		6.4%
7:00-7:29 AM		16.8%
7:30-7:59 AM		15.1%
8:00-8:29 AM		15.1%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.8%
9:00-9:59 AM		10.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.7%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		8.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.2%

Milton Massachusetts Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Milton is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.3% across Massachusetts. Early starts are less common than in Massachusetts: 7.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 11.1% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Massachusetts: 53.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.0% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (28.7%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Milton, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Milton Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Milton next to Massachusetts and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Milton	Massachusetts	United States
2009	7:50 AM	7:47 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:53 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:57 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:58 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:54 AM	7:49 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:52 AM	7:48 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:50 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:48 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:45 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:49 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:47 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:49 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:47 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:52 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:53 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:57 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Milton were on the road by 7:57 AM, 8 minutes later than in 2009 (7:50 AM). Across Massachusetts, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Milton now leave 20 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Milton has moved 10 minutes later.

How does Milton's commute time compare?

Metric	Milton	Massachusetts	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	30.4 min	25.6 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	29.7%	18.6%	15.0%
Walked	3.0%	4.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	7.8%	6.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Milton is 30.4 minutes, longer than the 25.6 minutes in Massachusetts.

7.8% commute by public transit, higher than the 6.5% in Massachusetts. 3.0% commute by walking, lower than the 4.1% in Massachusetts.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Milton, MA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Milton, MA is the 5th largest of the 6 cities compared here, 28,602 residents against a local median of 38,939. The measure that sets Milton, MA apart most is work from home: 29.7%, 48% above the local median of 20.0%.

The cities themselves spread 15.0% on work from home, so Milton, MA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Milton, MA has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Milton, MA	28,602	30.4 min #3/6	29.7% #2/6	7:57 AM #4/6
Randolph Town, MA	34,885	32.8 min	15.1%	7:40 AM
Quincy, MA	102,031	32.5 min	21.2%	7:58 AM
Braintree Town, MA	38,939	30.9 min	18.2%	7:38 AM
Dedham, MA	25,193	28.7 min	20.0%	7:52 AM
Brookline, MA	63,198	27.0 min	30.1%	8:15 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Milton, Massachusetts.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Milton, Massachusetts?

Commuters here spend an estimated 254 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,866 at a typical national wage. That's 19% more than the typical Massachusetts commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Milton, Massachusetts?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Milton, Massachusetts. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is Milton, Massachusetts a good location for remote and hybrid workers?

About 29.7% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Milton would save about 101 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,146 at the same national wage assumption used above.