Few U.S. towns have household incomes as high as Millerton’s
Jobs and income earn Millerton A; getting around on foot earns it D−. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. Hardly any stay in Millerton for work; outside it, Fresno is the main destination (33%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Millerton
Millerton and Fresno trade workers both ways
Fresno is the top workplace for Millerton residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Millerton come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Millerton is a place people come home to
There are 47 jobs based in Millerton, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Millerton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 302 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Millerton’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Millerton is better than 88% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Millerton’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Millerton’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Millerton stays A.
Commuting out of Millerton: the destinations
Where Millerton clocks in
33% of workers
9% 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.
In and out of Millerton on a workday
On a workday 300 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 900 people are in Millerton on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 36 minutes each way, longer than most of California
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Millerton workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 449 commuters (the 22% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What Millerton’s employers do
47 jobs are based in Millerton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millerton, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 47. 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 Millerton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Millerton to work
About 25% 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.
In Millerton, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Millerton is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Millerton 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 578 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 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). 0.0% of Millerton households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Millerton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Millerton ranks 228th of 4,312 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 15 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 226 | Palo IA | 1,551 | $106K | 5.5% | 1.9% | 1% | A |
| 227 | Ruston WA | 1,052 | $116K | 7.1% | 1.7% | 1% | A |
| 228 | Millerton CA | 1,159 | $207K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 229 | Eaton Estates OH | 1,184 | $79K | 2.0% | 0.0% | 0% | A |
| 230 | Aurora OR | 1,113 | $108K | 6.1% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Millerton, the top three, the last and three more from California.
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 Millerton: questions
What is the median household income in Millerton?
$207,109 (±$36,960) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Millerton?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Millerton?
36 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Millerton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fresno (33%, 15 mi), Clovis (9%, 10 mi), Auberry (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Millerton walkable?
Millerton is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Millerton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Millerton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Millerton
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.