Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Milmay has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 2% stay in Milmay for work; outside it, Vineland is the main destination (13%, 7 miles). Milmay has 93 jobs for 357 working residents. The average commute takes 28 minutes each way (New Jersey 31, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Milmay
Who leaves Milmay for work, and who comes in
On a workday 351 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in Milmay on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 the trip to work from Milmay ends
Where Milmay clocks in
13% of workers
9% 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.
Goods, not services: 60% of the jobs in Milmay
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milmay, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 93. 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 Milmay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Milmay: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milmay workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 219 commuters (the 19% 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.
How far Milmay’s workers travel
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to Milmay
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Milmay workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milmay | – | — | — | 28 min | $61,250 |
| Maurice River Township | 2% | C− | D− | 29 min | $76,964 |
| East Vineland | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. East Vineland: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Maurice River Township. Darker towns draw more of Milmay’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 Milmay: questions
What is the median household income in Milmay?
$61,250 (±$19,042) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milmay?
7.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milmay?
28 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milmay work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vineland (13%, 7 mi), Buena Vista Township (9%, 5 mi), Millville (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Milmay without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Milmay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Milmay
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.