Most of Mill Plain commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
There are 165 jobs in Mill Plain; 541 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Mill Plain; the top destination outside it is Fairfield (18%, 1 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 29 minutes, next to 27 for Connecticut and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Mill Plain in brief
Mill Plain is a place people come home to
There are 165 jobs based in Mill Plain, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Three in four Mill Plain workers earn over $40,000 a year
76% of Mill Plain’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. 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; with 541 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Mill Plain
On a workday 539 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Mill Plain on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
What Mill Plain’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mill Plain, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 165. 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 Mill Plain’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Mill Plain’s working residents head each day
Where Mill Plain clocks in
18% of workers
10% 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.
About 29 minutes each way, longer than most of Connecticut
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mill Plain workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 802 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Connecticut: 82% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Mill Plain, by distance
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.
Next door to Mill Plain
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mill Plain workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Plain | – | — | — | 29 min | $200,380 |
| Southport | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Southport: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mill Plain’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 Mill Plain: questions
What is the median household income in Mill Plain?
$200,380 (±$29,387) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mill Plain?
6.1%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mill Plain?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mill Plain work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fairfield (18%, 1 mi), Stamford (10%, 15 mi), New York City (9%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mill Plain without a car?
10% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mill Plain, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mill Plain
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.