Millheim Historic District · Photo: Smallbones · CC0With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Millheim works elsewhere
There are 154 jobs in Millheim, against 270 working residents. Only 4% work in Millheim itself; outside it, College Township draws the most (13%, 19 miles). The average commute, 26 minutes each way, matches the Pennsylvania norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Millheim
On a workday 260 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 144 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Millheim on a workday afternoon, 14% 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.
Commuting out of Millheim: the destinations
Where Millheim clocks in
13% of workers
7% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Millheim
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millheim, 2013 → 2023: 181 → 154. 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 Millheim’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Millheim, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Millheim workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 319 commuters (the 18% 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.
How far Millheim goes to work
About 22% 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.
12% of Millheim works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Millheim workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millheim | – | — | — | 26 min | $73,125 |
| Penn Township | 12% | C | B+ | 38 min | $69,550 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Penn Township. Darker towns draw more of Millheim’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 Millheim: questions
What is the median household income in Millheim?
$73,125 (±$14,586) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Millheim?
6.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Millheim?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Millheim work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are College Township (13%, 19 mi), Penn Township (12%, 2 mi), State College (7%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Millheim without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Millheim, from the people who make the trip.
More of Millheim
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.