Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Millbrook at work: jobs, income and the commute
A typical one-way commute from Millbrook lasts 25 minutes (New York 33, U.S. 26). The two grades for Millbrook are C+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. About one in ten stay in Millbrook for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (18%, 79 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Millbrook at work: what stands out
Millbrook’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Millbrook is New York City, 79 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (96) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Millbrook are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York 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; with 542 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Millbrook’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Millbrook is better than 39% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Millbrook’s grade.
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Millbrook’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Millbrook could be anywhere from D to A−.
How far Millbrook’s workers travel
About 32% 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.
How long Millbrook spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Millbrook workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 631 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who leaves Millbrook for work, and who comes in
On a workday 477 residents head out to work, 65 work right here, and 637 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Millbrook on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).
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 Millbrook ends
Where Millbrook clocks in
18% of workers
15% of workers
8% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Millbrook
702 jobs are based in Millbrook.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millbrook, 2013 → 2023: 918 → 702. 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 Millbrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Millbrook, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Millbrook is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 24.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 9.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 731 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.8% of Millbrook households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Millbrook’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Millbrook is 2,709th among 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | 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+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,707 | Greenwich NY | 1,662 | $71K | 9.1% | 3.4% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,708 | Black River NY | 1,208 | $87K | 11.8% | 19.8% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,709 | Millbrook NY | 1,442 | $74K | 12.6% | 2.7% | 12% | C+ |
| 2,710 | Chico TX | 1,116 | $76K | 10.5% | 14.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,711 | Chatham VA | 1,191 | $59K | 7.8% | 3.3% | 17% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Millbrook, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
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 Millbrook: questions
What is the median household income in Millbrook?
$74,265 (±$39,057) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Millbrook?
12.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Millbrook?
25 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Millbrook work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (18%, 79 mi), Washington (15%, 1 mi), Poughkeepsie (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Millbrook walkable?
Millbrook is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 24% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Millbrook without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Millbrook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Millbrook
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.