Photo: SneakinDeacon · CC BY-SA 2.0Millboro draws 274 commuters a day, with 2.6 jobs for every working resident
Millboro has 276 jobs; 108 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Millboro itself; outside it, Hot Springs draws the most (14%, 12 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all (Virginia 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Millboro
On a workday 106 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.
About 280 people are in Millboro on a workday afternoon, 156% more 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.
The towns that send workers to Millboro
Where Millboro clocks in
14% 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.
Millboro makes things: 68% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millboro, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 276. 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 Millboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Millboro
of Millboro workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% 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 Millboro works
About 27% 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.
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 Millboro: questions
What is the poverty rate in Millboro?
25.9%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Millboro work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hot Springs (14%, 12 mi), Warm Springs (12%, 11 mi), Covington (4%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Millboro without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Millboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Millboro
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.