Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMillersport has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Employers in Millersport report 189 jobs, against 416 working residents. Jobs and income earn Millersport B+; getting around on foot earns it B. Only 4% stay in Millersport for work; outside it, Columbus is the main destination (25%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Millersport, in a few figures
Millersport’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Millersport is Columbus, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 25% of working residents (102) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Millersport workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical 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 416 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Millersport
On income, poverty and job access, Millersport is better than 70% of U.S. towns. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (8.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (14.5%) is left out: Millersport’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Millersport could be anywhere from B− to A.
How far Millersport goes to work
About 15% 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.
About 34 minutes to work from Millersport
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Millersport workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 413 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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 daily commute in and out of Millersport
On a workday 401 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in Millersport on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 Millersport goes to work
Where Millersport clocks in
25% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Millersport: what the 189 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millersport, 2013 → 2023: 242 → 189. 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 Millersport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Millersport walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Millersport is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Millersport 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 438 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). 4.3% of Millersport households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Millersport’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Millersport ranks: 502nd of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 35 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Granville South OH | 1,146 | $131K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 500 | Schwenksville PA | 1,265 | $73K | 9.1% | 6.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 501 | Jefferson WI | 1,289 | $92K | 2.2% | 0.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 502 | Millersport OH | 1,008 | $81K | 8.8% | 14.5% | 4% | B+ |
| 503 | Botkins OH | 1,133 | $80K | 3.7% | 2.9% | 7% | B+ |
| 504 | Nescopeck Township PA | 1,124 | $86K | 5.2% | 6.7% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Millersport, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
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 Millersport: questions
What is the median household income in Millersport?
$81,250 (±$13,927) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Millersport?
8.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Millersport?
34 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Millersport work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (25%, 24 mi), Newark (5%, 14 mi), Lancaster (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Millersport walkable?
Millersport is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Millersport without a car?
0% 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 Millersport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Millersport
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.