Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki · CC BY 3.0For more than half of its working residents, Millington is a commute to Memphis
About one in ten work in Millington; the top destination outside it is Memphis (56%, 16 miles). Millington grades C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Millington
More than half of Millington works in Memphis
2,447 working residents, 56%, have their main job in Memphis, 16 miles away. That’s 6 times as many as work in Millington itself. The commute map ↓
Millington trades workers with the towns around it
Millington has about as many jobs (5,149) as working residents (4,348), but they are mostly different people: 3,916 residents leave for work each day while 4,717 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in Millington are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Millington are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 26 across Tennessee. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Tennessee worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, 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 Millington’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Millington is better than 35% of U.S. towns, #100 of 177 in Tennessee. Job access by car holds Millington’s grade up (ahead of 80% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($49,979, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Millington could be anywhere from C− to B.
Out of Millington to work: where people go
Where Millington clocks in
56% 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.
Millington on a workday afternoon
On a workday 3,916 residents head out to work, 432 work right here, and 4,717 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 2024, primary jobs.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Tennessee
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Millington workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,649 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Tennessee: 87% 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.
What the 5,149 jobs in Millington are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millington, 2014 → 2024: 4,206 → 5,149. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Millington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Millington commutes less than 15 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Millington is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Millington is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns, #80 of 177 in Tennessee. Both inputs place Millington 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 4,964 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 6.8% of Millington households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Millington’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,753rd of 2,354: where Millington ranks among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Nolensville TN | 15,789 | $177K | 2.1% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 203 | Lakeland TN | 14,422 | $116K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 349 | Arlington TN | 15,703 | $135K | 4.9% | 3.4% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,751 | Chippewa Falls WI | 15,293 | $58K | 15.4% | 4.0% | 24% | C+ |
| 1,752 | Bedford OH | 12,723 | $57K | 13.6% | 8.1% | 4% | C |
| 1,753 | Millington TN | 12,953 | $50K | 16.5% | 4.7% | 10% | C |
| 1,754 | Waimea HI | 9,286 | $100K | 12.3% | 5.4% | 25% | C |
| 1,755 | Clute TX | 10,821 | $70K | 10.4% | 8.6% | 16% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Millington, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Millington: questions
What is the median household income in Millington?
$49,979 (±$9,940) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Millington?
16.5%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Millington?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Millington work?
10% work in town.
Is Millington walkable?
Millington is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Millington without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Millington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Millington
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.