Fawn River State Fish Hatchery · Photo: MrHarman · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Millgrove Township works elsewhere
245 jobs are based in Millgrove Township; 754 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Millgrove Township B−; getting around on foot earns it C+. Only 3% stay in Millgrove Township for work; outside it, Angola is the main destination (22%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Millgrove Township, in brief
What’s behind Millgrove Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Millgrove Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Millgrove Township’s grade up (5.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Millgrove Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Millgrove Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
A workday in Millgrove Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 731 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 222 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Millgrove Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Commuting out of Millgrove Township: the destinations
Where Millgrove Township clocks in
22% of workers
5% 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.
Making and building: 54% of jobs based in Millgrove Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millgrove Township, 2013 → 2023: 241 → 245. 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 Millgrove Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way, about the IN average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Millgrove Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 806 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Millgrove Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Getting around Millgrove Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Millgrove Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 860 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.4% of Millgrove Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Millgrove Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,275th of 6,161: where Millgrove Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 117 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 131 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,273 | Olive Township IL | 1,677 | $72K | 10.9% | 4.1% | 1% | B− |
| 2,274 | Smithfield Township IN | 1,750 | $64K | 6.8% | 1.2% | 8% | B− |
| 2,275 | Millgrove Township IN | 1,601 | $66K | 5.0% | 0.0% | 3% | B− |
| 2,276 | Searsmont ME | 1,484 | $87K | 6.6% | 3.4% | 3% | B− |
| 2,277 | Jackson Township MN | 1,647 | $69K | 17.6% | 0.9% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Millgrove Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Millgrove Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Jackson Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Millgrove Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millgrove Township | – | B− | C+ | 25 min | $65,893 |
| Jackson Township | 4% | C+ | C− | 21 min | $67,250 |
| Greenfield Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 21 min | $64,911 |
| Jamestown Township | 3% | B− | C− | 22 min | $76,295 |
| Wall Lake | under 3% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wall Lake: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Millgrove Township’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 Millgrove Township: questions
What is the median household income in Millgrove Township?
$65,893 (±$19,676) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Millgrove Township?
5.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Millgrove Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Millgrove Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Angola (22%, 8 mi), Fort Wayne (12%, 44 mi), Elkhart (5%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Millgrove Township walkable?
Millgrove Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Millgrove Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Millgrove Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Millgrove Township
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.