Millbrook Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Millbrook Township D; getting around on foot earns it C−. Millbrook Township has 193 jobs; 386 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Millbrook Township itself; outside it, Grand Rapids draws the most (10%, 46 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Millbrook Township: the gist
Millbrook Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Millbrook Township is Grand Rapids, 46 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (37) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Millbrook Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 238 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 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 386 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Millbrook Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Millbrook Township is better than 15% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Millbrook Township’s grade up ($70,655, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Millbrook Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Millbrook Township could be anywhere from D to C.
How far Millbrook Township goes to work
About 29% 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Time on the road from Millbrook Township: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Millbrook Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 499 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
In and out of Millbrook Township on a workday
On a workday 375 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 182 people come in from elsewhere.
About 920 people are in Millbrook Township on a workday afternoon, 17% 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 2021, primary jobs.
Out of Millbrook Township to work: where people go
Where Millbrook Township clocks in
7% 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.
Goods, not services: 85% of the jobs in Millbrook Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millbrook Township, 2011 → 2021: 175 → 193. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Millbrook Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Millbrook Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Millbrook Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 539 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). 11.7% of Millbrook Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Millbrook Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Millbrook Township is 2,807th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 225 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 275 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,805 | Sykesville PA | 1,078 | $45K | 14.1% | 3.8% | 5% | D |
| 2,806 | Due West SC | 1,299 | $54K | 17.6% | 22.6% | 6% | D |
| 2,807 | Millbrook Township MI | 1,111 | $71K | 17.8% | 3.3% | 3% | D |
| 2,808 | Orange NY | 1,347 | $60K | 12.7% | 1.8% | 5% | D |
| 2,809 | Harkers Island NC | 1,060 | $60K | 10.4% | 0.0% | 16% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Millbrook Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Millbrook Township
The biggest share goes to Wheatland Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Millbrook Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millbrook Township | – | D | C− | 31 min | $70,655 |
| Hinton Township | under 2% | C | C+ | 38 min | $60,368 |
| Wheatland Township | 4% | D | C | 26 min | $55,000 |
| Belvidere Township | under 2% | D | D− | 33 min | $59,891 |
| Rolland Township | under 2% | D | B− | 27 min | $55,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Millbrook 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 2021, 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 Millbrook Township: questions
What is the median household income in Millbrook Township?
$70,655 (±$8,288) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Millbrook Township?
17.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Millbrook Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Millbrook Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (10%, 46 mi), Mount Pleasant (7%, 20 mi), Cato Township (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Millbrook Township walkable?
Millbrook Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Millbrook Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Millbrook Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Millbrook Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.