Brightman House · Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 4.0Millersburg’s household incomes are lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income D: better than 15% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #929 of 992 in Ohio.
Walkability A−: more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns · #62 of 993 in Ohio.
Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Ohio 23, U.S. 26). About one in five work in Millersburg; the top destination outside it is Hardy Township (7%, 0 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Millersburg
Millersburg is where the jobs are
Millersburg has 2,428 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Few Millersburg workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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’s behind Millersburg’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Millersburg is better than 15% of U.S. towns, #929 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Millersburg’s grade up (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($43,007, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Millersburg could be anywhere from D to B−.
Millersburg fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,083 residents head out to work, 248 work right here, and 2,180 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,400 people are in Millersburg on a workday afternoon, 33% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
About 22 minutes each way, about the OH average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Millersburg workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,457 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Where Millersburg’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Millersburg clocks in
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 2,428 jobs in Millersburg are
2,428 jobs are based in Millersburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Millersburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millersburg, 2013 → 2023: 3,114 → 2,428. 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.
Half of Millersburg commutes less than 11 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 21% 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.
Millersburg is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Millersburg is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns, #62 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Millersburg 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 1,500 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.0% of Millersburg households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Millersburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Millersburg is 3,799th of 4,453 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Millersburg, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,797 | Slater-Marietta SC | 2,381 | $42K | 29.9% | 4.9% | 3% | D |
| 3,798 | Cajah's Mountain NC | 2,702 | $53K | 13.9% | 9.1% | 1% | D |
| 3,799 | Millersburg OH | 3,295 | $43K | 15.5% | 6.4% | 19% | D |
| 3,800 | North Braddock PA | 4,107 | $35K | 28.8% | 16.3% | 2% | D |
| 3,801 | Union Township IN | 2,421 | $57K | 25.3% | 5.6% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
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 Millersburg: questions
What is the median household income in Millersburg?
$43,007 (±$10,702) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Millersburg?
15.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Millersburg?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Millersburg work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hardy Township (7%, 0 mi), Columbus (6%, 69 mi), Wooster (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Millersburg walkable?
Millersburg is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Millersburg without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Millersburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Millersburg
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.