Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0Households in Millis have higher incomes than those in 96% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Millis; the top destination outside it is Boston (12%, 21 miles). Below the poverty line: 4.8% of residents; Massachusetts has 10.0%. Jobs and income earn Millis A; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What’s behind Millis’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Millis is better than 91% of U.S. towns, #76 of 283 in Massachusetts. Household income is its strongest input ($155,996, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Millis could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Millis quiets down on a workday
On a workday 3,855 residents head out to work, 349 work right here, and 1,710 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,300 people are in Millis on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.49 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Millis’ residents
Where Millis clocks in
12% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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 Millis: what the 2,059 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millis, 2013 → 2023: 1,610 → 2,059. 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 Millis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Millis, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Millis workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,927 commuters (the 18% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Millis
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.
Most trips from Millis start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Millis is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #226 of 283 in Massachusetts. Both inputs place Millis near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,760 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.7% of Millis households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Millis’ commuters take a bus or train.
398th of 2,831: where Millis ranks among U.S. towns of 6,600 to 12,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Lincoln MA | 6,925 | $175K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 28 | Weston MA | 11,729 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Norwell MA | 11,546 | $189K | 2.7% | 1.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 396 | Margaret AL | 7,149 | $102K | 3.7% | 1.6% | <1% | A |
| 397 | Villa Hills KY | 7,797 | $108K | 3.7% | 3.6% | 1% | A |
| 398 | Millis MA | 9,463 | $156K | 4.8% | 4.2% | 8% | A |
| 399 | Lake Norman of Iredell NC | 12,494 | $174K | 2.5% | 3.1% | 6% | A |
| 400 | East Bethel MN | 12,605 | $110K | 3.2% | 3.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,831 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Millis, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
Around Millis: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Millis workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millis | – | A | B− | 31 min | $155,996 |
| Medfield | under 3% | A+ | A− | 32 min | $235,800 |
| Norfolk | under 3% | A | B+ | 36 min | $200,720 |
| Medway | under 3% | A | B | 30 min | $173,750 |
| Sherborn | under 3% | A | B+ | 35 min | $250,000+ |
| Holliston | under 3% | A | B− | 34 min | $159,817 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Millis’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 Millis: questions
What is the median household income in Millis?
$155,996 (±$8,817) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Millis?
4.8%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Millis?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Millis work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (12%, 21 mi), Needham (4%, 10 mi), Framingham (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Millis walkable?
Millis is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Millis without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Millis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Millis
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.