Photo: PersonKnows · CC BY-SA 4.0Millbourne’s household incomes are lower than in 82% of U.S. towns
8% of workers work from home (Pennsylvania 16%). The poverty rate is 24.3%; Pennsylvania has 11.7%. For jobs and income Millbourne is better than 37% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is among the most walkable U.S. towns (A+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Millbourne and work: the main findings
Much of Millbourne works one town over
49% of working residents work in a town that borders Millbourne: Philadelphia (37%) and Upper Darby Township (12%). Next door ↓
Most Millbourne residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Millbourne’s working residents have a job less than 6 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 31 minutes, longer than the Pennsylvania average of 26. The reason is the way people travel: 31% of commuters take transit, against 4% nationally. How people get to work ↓ 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 392 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Millbourne
Job access by car holds Millbourne’s grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (3.0%) is left out: Millbourne’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, Millbourne could be anywhere from C to B+.
Half of Millbourne commutes less than 6 miles
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 31 minutes to work from Millbourne
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Millbourne workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 632 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who commutes out of Millbourne, and who commutes in
On a workday 389 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 286 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.
0.74 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Out of Millbourne to work: where people go
Where Millbourne clocks in
37% of workers
12% of workers
3% 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 health care, schools and offices in Millbourne
289 jobs are based in Millbourne.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millbourne, 2013 → 2023: 122 → 289. 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 Millbourne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Millbourne is among the most walkable U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Millbourne is among the most walkable U.S. towns. Both inputs place Millbourne 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 685 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 150.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, among the most 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). 31.9% of Millbourne households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 31% of Millbourne’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Millbourne ranks 2,066th of 4,312 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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| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
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| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 27 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 2,064 | East Hazel Crest IL | 1,250 | $55K | 24.3% | 13.4% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,065 | Victoria KS | 1,134 | $78K | 9.5% | 1.8% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,066 | Millbourne PA | 1,210 | $54K | 24.3% | 3.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,067 | North Apollo PA | 1,212 | $67K | 15.7% | 1.7% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,068 | Bells TX | 1,525 | $92K | 11.9% | 7.8% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Millbourne, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Millbourne and its neighbors: 49% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Millbourne workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millbourne | – | C+ | A+ | 31 min | $54,219 |
| Philadelphia | 37% | C | A+ | 32 min | $61,953 |
| Upper Darby Township | 12% | C+ | A+ | 32 min | $71,481 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Philadelphia. Darker towns draw more of Millbourne’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 Millbourne: questions
What is the median household income in Millbourne?
$54,219 (±$24,194) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Millbourne?
24.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Millbourne?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Millbourne work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (37%, 7 mi), Upper Darby Township (12%, 2 mi), Upper Merion Township (3%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Millbourne walkable?
Millbourne is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 16.7 out of 20, and 40% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Millbourne without a car?
31% of commuters take transit and 32% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Millbourne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Millbourne
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.