With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Millwood Township works elsewhere
There are 52 jobs in Millwood Township, against 371 working residents. For jobs and income Millwood Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (D). Measured by household income, Millwood Township is behind 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Millwood Township at work: what stands out
Millwood Township is a place people come home to
There are 52 jobs based in Millwood Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Millwood Township has about 910 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Millwood Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Millwood Township 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; with 371 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Millwood Township’s grade
The poverty rate holds Millwood Township’s grade up (6.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Millwood Township’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, Millwood Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
How many people are in Millwood Township by day
On a workday 366 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere.
About 910 people are in Millwood Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Millwood Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 524 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.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
17% of working residents work in Cambridge
Where Millwood Township clocks in
17% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millwood Township, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 52. 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 Millwood Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Millwood Township goes to work
About 29% 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.
Few in Millwood Township walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 538 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). 23.8% of Millwood Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Millwood Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Millwood Township comes 2,871st on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 24 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 47 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,869 | Antwerp NY | 1,641 | $74K | 9.7% | 7.2% | 1% | C |
| 2,870 | Indian Lake NY | 1,344 | $63K | 6.1% | 4.5% | 38% | C |
| 2,871 | Millwood Township OH | 1,225 | $55K | 6.0% | 0.0% | 1% | C |
| 2,872 | Ladoga IN | 1,103 | $62K | 11.2% | 0.8% | 3% | C |
| 2,873 | Concord MI | 1,083 | $61K | 13.5% | 3.4% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Millwood Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Millwood Township
The biggest share goes to Wills Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Millwood Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millwood Township | – | C | D | 30 min | $55,214 |
| Beaver Township | under 2% | — | — | 45 min | — |
| Oxford Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Richland Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 29 min | $74,784 |
| Warren Township | under 2% | D | B | 27 min | $52,603 |
| Wills Township | 3% | C | C+ | 23 min | $64,563 |
| Wayne Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Beaver Township, Oxford Township and Wayne Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Millwood Township’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 Millwood Township: questions
What is the median household income in Millwood Township?
$55,214 (±$4,601) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Millwood Township?
6.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Millwood Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Millwood Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cambridge (17%, 16 mi), Cambridge Township (4%, 16 mi), Richland Township (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Millwood Township walkable?
Millwood Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Millwood Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Millwood Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Millwood Township
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.