Millers Falls has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 1% work in Millers Falls itself; outside it, Greenfield draws the most (13%, 6 miles). Employers in Millers Falls report 111 jobs for 458 working residents. At home: 12% of workers have no commute at all (Massachusetts 19%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Millers Falls and work: the main findings
A workday in Millers Falls: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 453 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Millers Falls on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Out of Millers Falls to work: where people go
Where Millers Falls clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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.
Jobs in Millers Falls: what the 111 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millers Falls, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 111. 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 Millers Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way for Millers Falls’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Millers Falls workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 491 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Millers Falls
About 17% 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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Millers Falls
The biggest share goes to Erving (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Millers Falls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millers Falls | – | — | — | 25 min | $68,750 |
| Erving | 4% | B− | C+ | 28 min | $77,656 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Millers Falls’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 Millers Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Millers Falls?
$68,750 (±$9,610) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Millers Falls?
13.6%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Millers Falls?
25 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Millers Falls work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenfield (13%, 6 mi), Montague (10%, 2 mi), Amherst Town (8%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Millers Falls without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Millers Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Millers Falls
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.