Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in McMillin are higher than in 94% of U.S. towns
The two grades for McMillin are A+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. 2.3% of residents are in poverty, next to 9.9% for Washington as a whole. Hardly any work in McMillin itself; outside it, Tacoma draws the most (12%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in McMillin
McMillin makes and builds things
77% of the jobs based in McMillin are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs McMillin residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in McMillin pay over $40,000 a year
77% of the jobs based in McMillin pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
The quickest commute around
McMillin’s 29-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 32 to 47 minutes. Next door ↓
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 697 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why McMillin gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, McMillin is better than 98% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 74% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (4.0%) is left out: McMillin’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, McMillin could be anywhere from A to A+.
In McMillin, 77% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
306 jobs are based in McMillin.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McMillin, 2013 → 2023: 242 → 306. 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 McMillin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of McMillin on a workday
On a workday 692 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 301 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in McMillin on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.44 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.
Commuting out of McMillin: the destinations
Where McMillin clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
How long McMillin spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McMillin workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 590 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% 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 it is to work from McMillin
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.
The commute in McMillin is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, McMillin is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.9% across Washington, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 707 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 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 42% 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). 2.3% of McMillin households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of McMillin’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, McMillin is 86th among 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Yarrow Point WA | 1,143 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.2% | 0% | A+ |
| 24 | Woodway WA | 1,316 | $205K | 2.1% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Fife Heights WA | 1,446 | $157K | 2.4% | 4.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Penryn CA | 1,114 | $127K | 2.4% | 5.5% | 2% | A+ |
| 85 | Galesville MD | 1,062 | $205K | 2.7% | 6.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 86 | McMillin WA | 1,348 | $141K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 87 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| 88 | Cross Plains WI | 1,453 | $162K | 2.8% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 McMillin, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
The towns around McMillin
The biggest share goes to South Hill (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | McMillin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McMillin | – | A+ | B | 29 min | $140,556 |
| South Hill | 3% | A− | B+ | 34 min | $113,130 |
| Orting | 3% | A | B− | 40 min | $132,877 |
| Tehaleh | under 3% | A− | C+ | 47 min | $155,646 |
| Alderton | under 3% | B− | C− | 32 min | $97,446 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of McMillin’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 McMillin: questions
What is the median household income in McMillin?
$140,556 (±$36,601) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McMillin?
2.3%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McMillin?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McMillin work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tacoma (12%, 14 mi), Seattle (9%, 34 mi), Auburn (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is McMillin walkable?
McMillin is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around McMillin without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McMillin, from the people who make the trip.
More of McMillin
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.