Household incomes in Millington trail those of 80% of U.S. towns
18.9% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.2% across Michigan. The two grades for Millington are C− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. For 1% of workers, the job is at home (Michigan 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Millington
Millington makes and builds things
49% of the jobs based in Millington are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Millington residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Millington workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Millington workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 349 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Millington gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Millington is better than 16% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Millington’s grade up (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (5.1%) is left out: Millington’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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Millington could be anywhere from D to B−.
Factories, building and farms: 49% of the jobs in Millington
327 jobs are based in Millington.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millington, 2011 → 2021: 390 → 327. 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 Millington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Millington: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Millington workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 477 commuters (the 1% 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.
Who commutes out of Millington, and who commutes in
On a workday 334 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 312 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
8% of working residents work in Millington Township
Where Millington 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Millington
About 23% 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.
For most of Millington, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Millington is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 6.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 484 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). 18.2% of Millington households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Millington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Millington is 2,261st among 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 172 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,259 | Yachats OR | 1,013 | $67K | 12.4% | 7.2% | 20% | C− |
| 2,260 | Tyndall SD | 1,117 | $50K | 8.5% | 3.1% | 20% | C− |
| 2,261 | Millington MI | 1,003 | $56K | 18.9% | 5.1% | 4% | C− |
| 2,262 | Boonville NC | 1,203 | $68K | 16.0% | 3.8% | 3% | C− |
| 2,263 | Excelsior Township MI | 1,034 | $66K | 12.5% | 9.3% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Millington, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
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 Millington: questions
What is the median household income in Millington?
$56,250 (±$17,384) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Millington?
18.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Millington?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Millington work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Millington Township (8%, 1 mi), Frankenmuth (7%, 12 mi), Flint (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Millington walkable?
Millington is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Millington without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Millington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Millington
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.