With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Millers Lake works elsewhere
4 jobs are based in Millers Lake for 149 working residents. Hardly any work in Millers Lake itself; outside it, Lapeer draws the most (14%, 10 miles). 0% of workers work from home; Michigan has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Millers Lake, and who commutes in
On a workday 148 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Millers Lake on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
The places Millers Lake commutes to
Where Millers Lake clocks in
14% 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.
In Millers Lake, 50% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millers Lake, 2011 → 2021: 3 → 4. 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 Millers Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Millers Lake
of Millers Lake workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 208 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where in the region Millers Lake works
About 19% 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.
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 Millers Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Millers Lake?
$70,298 (±$60,590) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Millers Lake?
21.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Millers Lake work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lapeer (14%, 10 mi), Deerfield Township (5%, 2 mi), Auburn Hills (4%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Millers Lake without a car?
31% of commuters take transit and 28% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Millers Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Millers Lake
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.