Miller has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Working from home is the commute for 18% of workers (Nebraska 11%). Employers in Miller report 36 jobs for 71 working residents. Hardly any work in Miller; the top destination outside it is Kearney (35%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Miller on a workday afternoon
On a workday 71 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 94 people are in Miller on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Where people from Miller work
Where Miller clocks in
35% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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.
81% of the jobs in Miller pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Miller, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 36. 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 Miller’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Nebraska
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Miller workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 52 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Nebraska: 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.
The distance from Miller to work
About 38% 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 Miller: questions
What is the median household income in Miller?
$90,500 (±$31,435) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Miller?
11.7%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Miller?
31 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Miller work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kearney (35%, 22 mi), Ravenna (11%, 27 mi), Grand Island (11%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Miller without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Miller, from the people who make the trip.
More of Miller
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.