Photo: Mstraite · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Millersburg (1.5%) is lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
A typical one-way commute from Millersburg lasts 26 minutes (Oregon 23, U.S. 26). For jobs and income Millersburg is better than 91% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (D−). Household incomes here are higher than in 90% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Millersburg and work: the main findings
Millersburg trades workers with the towns around it
Millersburg has about as many jobs (1,654) as working residents (1,400), but they are mostly different people: 1,362 residents leave for work each day while 1,616 people come in. Only 2% of the jobs in Millersburg are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Millersburg and Albany trade workers both ways
Albany is the top workplace for Millersburg residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Millersburg come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Millersburg makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Millersburg are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Millersburg residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Millersburg pay over $40,000 a year
79% of the jobs based in Millersburg pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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.
The four measures behind Millersburg’s grade
Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Millersburg could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Who commutes out of Millersburg, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,362 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 1,616 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 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.
24% of working residents work in Albany
Where Millersburg clocks in
24% of workers
14% 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.
Making and building: 51% of jobs based in Millersburg
1,654 jobs are based in Millersburg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millersburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,486 → 1,654. 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 Millersburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Millersburg: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Millersburg workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,337 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Oregon: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Millersburg works
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.
Driving is how Millersburg gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,650 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 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% 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). 1.6% of Millersburg households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Millersburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
375th of 4,355: where Millersburg ranks among U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 242 | Hubbard OR | 3,399 | $102K | 3.6% | 1.6% | 3% | A |
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| 373 | Shorewood Forest IN | 3,263 | $166K | 8.6% | 1.3% | 1% | A |
| 374 | Watertown MN | 4,789 | $100K | 7.7% | 0.0% | 6% | A |
| 375 | Millersburg OR | 3,583 | $125K | 5.1% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
| 376 | Castle Hills TX | 3,948 | $95K | 6.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A |
| 377 | Hickman NE | 3,663 | $104K | 2.6% | 1.7% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 796 | North Plains OR | 3,414 | $118K | 2.9% | 6.4% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 838 | Metzger OR | 3,714 | $91K | 7.6% | 3.8% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Millersburg, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
Next door is work for 24% of Millersburg
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Millersburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millersburg | – | A | D− | 26 min | $124,867 |
| Albany | 24% | C+ | A | 21 min | $78,114 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Albany. Darker towns draw more of Millersburg’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 Millersburg: questions
What is the median household income in Millersburg?
$124,867 (±$6,681) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Millersburg?
5.1%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Millersburg?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Millersburg work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albany (24%, 4 mi), Salem (14%, 17 mi), Corvallis (13%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Millersburg walkable?
Millersburg is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Millersburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.