With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Millersville works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Missouri has 13%. Employers in Millersville report 24 jobs for 120 working residents. Hardly any work in Millersville itself; outside it, Cape Girardeau draws the most (25%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Millersville
On a workday 120 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Millersville on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
The places Millersville commutes to
Where Millersville clocks in
25% 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.
71% of the jobs in Millersville make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millersville, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 24. 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 Millersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Millersville
of Millersville workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 154 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 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.
How far it is to work from Millersville
About 24% 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.
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 Millersville: questions
What is the median household income in Millersville?
$75,781 (±$46,215) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Millersville?
0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Millersville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cape Girardeau (25%, 15 mi), Jackson (20%, 8 mi), St. Louis (4%, 87 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Millersville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Millersville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Millersville
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.