Photo: Zairon · CC BY 4.0Working-age people in Milltown are less likely to have a job than in 64% of Irish towns
The average trip to work, school or college from Milltown takes 22.7 minutes; for 5.4%, it takes an hour or more. At the 2022 census, 12% of the labour force in Milltown had no job; the middle of Irish towns is 9.2%. For jobs and income, Milltown earns a grade of C+.
Where Milltown stands out on work
Work near the middle
65% of people aged 15 to 64 in Milltown had a job at the 2022 census; the middle of Irish towns is 68%. In work ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Trips to work, school or college take 22.7 minutes on average, against 27.6 in the middle of Irish towns; 5.4% take an hour or more. The trip to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022, CSO household income 2022 and the Live Register.
On jobs and income, Milltown grades C+
Better than 44% of Irish towns once its four measures are combined.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, the unemployment rate.
Graded against Irish towns of 1,000 people or more; a shorter trip and less unemployment count in its favor.
Ranks start at 2,500 residents, so this grade has no rank.
How the grade works
Four measures, weighed equally against every Irish town of 1,000 people or more: median gross household income (CSO, 2022), people at work as a share of residents aged 15 to 64, the unemployment rate and the average trip to work, school or college (all three Census 2022). Each becomes a percentile; their average sets the letter.
A quicker run to work or school from Milltown than in the middle of Irish towns
The trip from the middle of County Kerry averages 21.7 minutes. 5 of the 5 towns of County Kerry counted have a shorter average trip. Trips of under 15 minutes are 44% of the total, against 53% in the middle of County Kerry. 47% of trips take 15 to 44 minutes, where the middle of County Kerry has 38%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), time taken to travel to work, school or college; the four bands are the shares of trips whose length was stated.
What residents of Milltown work in
The second-largest is Professional services, health and education, at 23% (against 25% across Irish towns), and farming, forestry and fishing is the smallest of the seven, at 2.1%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), industry of people at work who live here. Ireland doesn’t publish how many jobs are based in each town, so this shows what residents do, not the jobs here.
In Milltown, 65% of the working-age population has a job
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in County Kerry, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
3.5% of everyone aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more. Among the unemployed, 51% had been out of work that long. Of all residents aged 15 and over, retirees and students among them, 53% were at work.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS): people at work of any age, over residents aged 15 to 64. The census doesn’t cross work with age, so the few people working past 65 count in the top only.
Median household income: €51,760 a year
Before tax, 2022: lower than in 58% of Irish towns.
Milltown’s median is 7% above County Kerry’s (€48,320). No town of 2,500 or more in the county has a higher median. After tax, the median is €45,530. The State median is €60,123, 16% above Milltown’s.
CSO Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022: median gross household income, from tax and welfare records linked to Census households.
Without a car, 5% of Milltown’s commuters get to work
On foot 4.1%, by bike 0.2%: the middle of Irish towns has 10% and 2.4%. 89% of commuters go by car or van. Buses carry 0.7% of commuters, where the middle of Irish towns has 6%.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), means of travel to work.
How the count signing on in County Kerry has moved
4,870 people were signing on in County Kerry in September 2026. Over the year to September 2026, the count fell by 7%. For 30 months in a row now, it has been under its 2019 average. County Kerry saw its highest month in April 2020: 8,848 people signing on, 26% above the 2019 average.
Live Register (CSO LRM07), people signing on at social welfare offices each month. It isn’t an unemployment rate: part-time and seasonal workers sign on too, and offices serve areas that aren’t published. This place has no office of its own name, so the chart is its county’s or city’s.
People signing on each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
53% of Milltown’s adults have a job
The mix is close to Irish towns’ as a whole.
Census 2022 (CSO SAPS), principal economic status of people aged 15 and over; occupations of those at work, in three broad groups.
On getting around on foot, Milltown grades B−
Better than 49% of Irish towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), places within 800 m in a straight line of each Census small area; active commuting from Census 2022. OpenStreetMap misses many GP surgeries and bakeries in Ireland, so those two are shown, not graded.
Milltown and its neighbours: work and income
| Town | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milltown | 65% | 12% | €52K | 22.7 min | C+ | B− |
| Killorglin 6.7 km | 68% | 11% | €43K | 22.3 min | C+ | B− |
| Tralee 14.3 km | 61% | 14% | €43K | 20.5 min | C− | C+ |
| Killarney 17.3 km | 71% | 9.3% | €48K | 21.7 min | B+ | B |
The people of each place: the share in work, unemployment, household income and trip times, with both grades.
What this data can and can’t tell you
What each figure measures for Milltown, where it comes from, and what Ireland doesn’t publish.
- In work. People at work over residents aged 15 to 64 (Census 2022). Graded in place of the share of everyone 15 and over, so a town of retirees isn’t marked down for them.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people (first-job seekers included) over the labour force, from Census 2022.
- Household income. CSO’s median gross household income for 2022. Where CSO publishes no figure for the town, ours is the household-weighted mean of its electoral divisions’ medians, and the page says so.
- Trip times. Census 2022 groups trips to work, school and college by length; the average uses each group’s middle (7.5 to 105 minutes).
- Signing on. The Live Register counts people signing on at a social welfare office, by office and county. It includes part-time and seasonal workers, so it follows a trend; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- Walkability. Four everyday places within 800 m (pharmacy, food shop, school, post office) and the share who walk, cycle or take the bus or train to work. GP surgeries and bakeries are shown, not graded: OpenStreetMap misses many.
- Which towns we compare. Places of 2,500 people or more that aren’t a whole city: towns and city neighbourhoods. Grades start at 1,000 people; ranks at 2,500.
- What isn’t here. Ireland publishes no count of the jobs based in each town and no open table of where commuters go (CSO releases its place-of-work file, POWSCAR, on application only), so this page has no daily tide, commute map or jobs-based-here block. Claimant rates aren’t published for towns either: the Live Register is by office and county.
Questions about work in Milltown
What is the unemployment rate in Milltown?
12% of the labour force was out of work at the 2022 census, against 9.2% in the middle of Irish towns. 3.5% of people aged 15 and over had been out of work for a year or more.
Is Milltown a good place to find work?
Milltown earns a C+ for jobs and income, better than 44% of Irish towns on household income, the share of 15-to-64s in work, unemployment and trip times together.
How do people in Milltown get to work?
89% of commuters go by car or van, 4.1% walk, 0.2% cycle and 0.7% take the bus or train. On census day 2022, 5.4% worked mainly from home.
How long is the commute from Milltown?
Trips to work, school or college take 22.7 minutes on average; 5.4% take an hour or more and 44% under a quarter of an hour.
How many jobs are there in Milltown?
Ireland doesn’t publish a count of the jobs based in each town. What the census does say is what Milltown’s residents work at, wherever their job is: see What residents work in.
Where do people in Milltown work?
Ireland has no open table of where commuters go: CSO releases its place-of-work file (POWSCAR) on application only. The census does give how people from Milltown travel and how long their trips take.
Sources: CSO Census 2022 SAPS · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · CSO Live Register (LRM07) · OpenStreetMap (ODbL) · grades: TownRatings. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).