Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Millbrook commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
There are 3,290 jobs in Millbrook; 6,633 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Millbrook B−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 6% work in Millbrook itself; outside it, Montgomery draws the most (44%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Millbrook apart on work
44% of Millbrook works in Montgomery
2,925 working residents, 44%, have their main job in Montgomery, 12 miles away. That’s 7 times as many as work in Millbrook itself. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Millbrook
56% of Millbrook residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Millbrook pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
Inside Millbrook’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Millbrook is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #77 of 187 in Alabama. The poverty rate holds Millbrook’s grade up (7.8%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (6.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Millbrook could be anywhere from C to B+.
The towns that employ Millbrook’s residents
Where Millbrook clocks in
44% of workers
10% 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.
What Millbrook’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millbrook, 2013 → 2023: 2,573 → 3,290. 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 Millbrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Millbrook quiets down on a workday
On a workday 6,242 residents head out to work, 391 work right here, and 2,899 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14,000 people are in Millbrook on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Millbrook
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Millbrook workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,346 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Alabama: 88% 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 Millbrook’s workers travel
About 22% 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.
Getting around Millbrook: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Millbrook is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #120 of 187 in Alabama. Both inputs place Millbrook 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 7,876 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). 3.4% of Millbrook households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Millbrook’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Millbrook ranks: 1,426th of 2,103 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 24,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 7 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
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| 110 | Helena AL | 23,388 | $115K | 3.2% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
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| 423 | Chelsea AL | 17,716 | $115K | 2.7% | 3.2% | 5% | A |
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| 1,424 | Dayton NV | 15,781 | $103K | 5.2% | 6.8% | 11% | B− |
| 1,425 | Westview FL | 12,107 | $58K | 20.9% | 3.9% | 1% | B− |
| 1,426 | Millbrook AL | 17,623 | $70K | 7.8% | 6.6% | 6% | B− |
| 1,427 | Flagg Township IL | 13,335 | $74K | 7.1% | 7.2% | 28% | B− |
| 1,428 | Shepherdsville KY | 14,931 | $71K | 21.5% | 4.2% | 15% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,103 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Millbrook, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
10% of Millbrook works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Millbrook workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millbrook | – | B− | C− | 25 min | $70,313 |
| Coosada | under 1% | C+ | D | 26 min | $61,815 |
| Elmore | under 1% | D | D | 25 min | $48,696 |
| Prattville | 10% | B+ | C | 24 min | $81,337 |
| Deatsville | under 1% | B+ | C | 33 min | $123,977 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Prattville. Darker towns draw more of Millbrook’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 Millbrook: questions
What is the median household income in Millbrook?
$70,313 (±$10,189) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Millbrook?
7.8%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Millbrook?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Millbrook work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Montgomery (44%, 12 mi), Prattville (10%, 6 mi), Wetumpka (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Millbrook walkable?
Millbrook is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Millbrook without a car?
<1% 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 Millbrook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Millbrook
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.