Godwin School · Photo: Linda Roy Walls · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Millsboro (2.9%) is lower than in 71% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income B: better than 57% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #22 of 37 in Delaware.
Walkability A−: more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns · #17 of 37 in Delaware.
Household incomes here are higher than in 55% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 33 minutes each way (Delaware 26, U.S. 26). About one in ten work in Millsboro; the top destination outside it is Georgetown (6%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Millsboro
Millsboro trades workers with the towns around it
Millsboro has about as many jobs (3,001) as working residents (2,896), but they are mostly different people: 2,589 residents leave for work each day while 2,694 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Millsboro are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
No single place dominates Millsboro’s commute
The biggest draw, Georgetown, gets only 6% of working residents, and 62% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Millsboro residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Millsboro workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 26 across Delaware. Over a year that’s about 253 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.
What’s behind Millsboro’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Millsboro is better than 57% of U.S. towns, #22 of 37 in Delaware. Unemployment holds Millsboro’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Millsboro could be anywhere from C to A−.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 2,589 residents head out to work, 307 work right here, and 2,694 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
6% of working residents work in Georgetown
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Millsboro clocks in
6% of workers
4% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Delaware
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Millsboro workers work from home, vs 15% across Delaware. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,982 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Delaware: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
What the 3,001 jobs in Millsboro are
3,001 jobs are based in Millsboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Millsboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millsboro, 2013 → 2023: 2,331 → 3,001. 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.
Half of Millsboro commutes less than 14 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 21% 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.
Millsboro is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Millsboro is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns, #17 of 37 in Delaware. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.9% across Delaware.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,473 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 47% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 28% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 77% 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). 3.1% of Millsboro households have no vehicle (Delaware 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Millsboro’s commuters take a bus or train.
Millsboro is 1,562nd of 3,069 U.S. towns of 5,500 to 10,700 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Millsboro, the top three, the last and three more from Delaware.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Pike Creek DE | 7,129 | $140K | 1.3% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 286 | North Star DE | 7,834 | $151K | 3.5% | 3.1% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 308 | New Castle DE | 5,726 | $89K | 4.7% | 1.3% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,560 | Manchester NY | 9,225 | $69K | 13.9% | 1.8% | 13% | B |
| 1,561 | Dallas Township PA | 9,554 | $101K | 10.0% | 5.3% | 9% | B |
| 1,562 | Millsboro DE | 7,890 | $79K | 8.3% | 2.9% | 11% | B |
| 1,563 | Taneytown MD | 8,259 | $88K | 11.2% | 4.0% | 9% | B |
| 1,564 | Frankfort NY | 6,847 | $63K | 7.3% | 3.3% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,069 | 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.
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 Millsboro: questions
What is the median household income in Millsboro?
$78,707 (±$7,518) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $84,954 across Delaware and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Millsboro?
8.3%, against 10.4% across Delaware and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Millsboro?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Delaware and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Millsboro work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Georgetown (6%, 8 mi), Lewes (4%, 16 mi), Dover (3%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Millsboro walkable?
Millsboro is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Millsboro without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 28% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Millsboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Millsboro
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.