Photo: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · CC BY-SA 2.5Unemployment in Millville (6.1%) is higher than in 75% of U.S. towns
Millville grades C+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.3 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 43.7 in Jersey City. Home is the office for 5% of workers, against 17% across New Jersey.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Millville: the figures worth knowing
Millville and Vineland trade workers both ways
Vineland is the top workplace for Millville residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Millville come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Millville are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Millville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Millville is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #432 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Millville’s grade up (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Millville could be anywhere from C to B.
22% of working residents work in Vineland
Where Millville clocks in
22% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
The trip to work from Millville: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Millville workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,859 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily flow of workers through Millville
On a workday 9,077 residents head out to work, 2,212 work right here, and 6,215 people come in from elsewhere.
About 25,000 people are in Millville on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.75 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Making and building: 31% of jobs based in Millville
8,427 jobs are based in Millville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millville, 2013 → 2023: 8,538 → 8,427. 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 Millville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Millville
About 18% 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.
Millville is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Millville is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns, #245 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Millville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 12,509 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 72% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 22% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% 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). 16.2% of Millville households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Millville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Millville places 1,104th of 1,409 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 20,000 to 38,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Scotch Plains Township NJ | 25,437 | $184K | 2.5% | 3.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Westfield NJ | 32,595 | $233K | 1.8% | 3.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Cranford Township NJ | 24,725 | $156K | 2.5% | 3.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,102 | Winder GA | 21,252 | $64K | 13.2% | 5.5% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,103 | Pottstown PA | 23,322 | $61K | 17.5% | 5.1% | 11% | C+ |
| 1,104 | Millville NJ | 28,098 | $70K | 12.5% | 6.1% | 20% | C+ |
| 1,105 | Carolina Forest SC | 26,263 | $74K | 13.0% | 6.5% | 8% | C+ |
| 1,106 | Norristown PA | 35,911 | $67K | 18.5% | 7.2% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,409 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Millville, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Work next door: 23% of Millville’s workers
The biggest share goes to Vineland (22%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Millville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millville | – | C+ | A | 25 min | $70,275 |
| Lawrence Township | under 2% | B− | C | 28 min | $85,515 |
| Deerfield Township | 1% | C+ | C | 20 min | $85,094 |
| Commercial Township | under 2% | C− | D | 30 min | $55,733 |
| Maurice River Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 29 min | $76,964 |
| Downe Township | under 2% | C | D− | 32 min | $67,708 |
| Laurel Lake | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Vineland | 22% | C | A− | 24 min | $67,860 |
Same-state neighbors only. Laurel Lake: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Millville’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 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 Millville: questions
What is the median household income in Millville?
$70,275 (±$7,123) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Millville?
12.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Millville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Millville work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vineland (22%, 6 mi), Bridgeton (4%, 10 mi), Trenton (3%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Millville walkable?
Millville is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.5 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Millville without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. 22% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Millville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Millville
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. 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.