Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Earning a living in Millville
Home is the office for 9% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%). Only 6% work in Millville itself; outside it, Mahoning Township draws the most (10%, 12 miles). The trip to work takes 20 minutes on average, where Pennsylvania has 26 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Millville, in brief
The trip to work from Millville: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Millville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 374 commuters (the 9% 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 leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 405 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 482 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.
Where the trip to work from Millville ends
Where Millville clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
What work there is in Millville: 507 jobs
507 jobs are based in Millville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millville, 2013 → 2023: 531 → 507. 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 Millville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Millville commutes less than 14 miles
About 20% 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.
Next door to Millville
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Millville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millville | – | — | — | 20 min | $65,469 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 25 min | $76,500 |
| Greenwood Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 24 min | $68,167 |
| Pine Township | under 2% | C | D− | 30 min | $55,667 |
| Iola | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Iola: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Millville’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 Millville: questions
What is the median household income in Millville?
$65,469 (±$30,774) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Millville?
21.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Millville?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Millville work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mahoning Township (10%, 12 mi), Bloomsburg (9%, 9 mi), South Centre Township (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Millville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Millville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Millville
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.