Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Milliken (0.5%) than in 97% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Milliken itself; outside it, Greeley draws the most (16%, 8 miles). Milliken grades A for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Measured by household income, Milliken is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Milliken
Jobs in Milliken have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Milliken went from 561 in 2013 to 1,221 in 2023, +118%. The jobs ↓
Milliken makes and builds things
56% of the jobs based in Milliken are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Milliken residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Milliken and Greeley trade workers both ways
Greeley is the top workplace for Milliken residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Milliken come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Milliken is a place people come home to
There are 1,221 jobs based in Milliken, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Milliken has about 5,400 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Milliken workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 25 across Colorado. Over a year that’s about 245 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Milliken’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Milliken is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #20 of 159 in Colorado. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Milliken could be anywhere from A− to A+.
56% of the jobs in Milliken make or build things
1,221 jobs are based in Milliken.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milliken, 2013 → 2023: 561 → 1,221. 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 Milliken’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Milliken to work: where people go
Where Milliken clocks in
16% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
Who works in Milliken, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 4,948 residents head out to work, 105 work right here, and 1,116 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,400 people are in Milliken on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
0.24 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 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Colorado
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milliken workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,225 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Colorado: 82% drive alone, 2% 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 Milliken
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 Milliken, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Milliken is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns, #153 of 159 in Colorado. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 6.4% across Colorado.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,931 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). 2.5% of Milliken households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Milliken’s commuters take a bus or train.
Milliken places 253rd of 2,886 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 6,400 to 12,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Cherry Creek CO | 10,721 | $154K | 5.0% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Fairmount CO | 9,902 | $164K | 2.9% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | Timnath CO | 11,600 | $178K | 4.4% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 251 | Brentwood MO | 8,079 | $100K | 5.1% | 2.4% | 4% | A |
| 252 | Wilton CA | 6,433 | $190K | 5.3% | 1.3% | 3% | A |
| 253 | Milliken CO | 9,183 | $108K | 2.4% | 0.5% | 2% | A |
| 254 | Prospect CT | 9,638 | $126K | 3.2% | 3.3% | 7% | A |
| 255 | Upper Providence Township PA | 10,861 | $151K | 1.8% | 4.5% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,886 | 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 Milliken, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
How Milliken compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Johnstown (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Milliken’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 Milliken: questions
What is the median household income in Milliken?
$107,500 (±$34,257) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milliken?
2.4%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milliken?
32 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milliken work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greeley (16%, 8 mi), Denver (9%, 38 mi), Fort Collins (8%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Milliken walkable?
Milliken is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Milliken without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Milliken, from the people who make the trip.
More of Milliken
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.