For more than half of its working residents, McMillan is a commute to Marshfield
Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn McMillan B+; getting around on foot earns it C. The average commute takes 20 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in McMillan
More than half of McMillan works in Marshfield
511 working residents, 53%, have their main job in Marshfield, 5.3 miles away across the town line. That’s 53 times as many as work in McMillan itself. The commute map ↓
McMillan makes and builds things
65% of the jobs based in McMillan are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs McMillan residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
Most McMillan residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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 969 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in McMillan: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, McMillan is better than 68% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds McMillan’s grade up (3.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, McMillan could be anywhere from B− to A.
Out of McMillan to work: where people go
Where McMillan clocks in
3% 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.
65% of the jobs in McMillan make or build things
354 jobs are based in McMillan.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McMillan, 2013 → 2023: 248 → 354. 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 McMillan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from McMillan
About 21% 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.
McMillan by day and by night
On a workday 959 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 344 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in McMillan on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.37 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.
The daily trip from McMillan: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McMillan workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 929 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
For most of McMillan, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, McMillan is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place McMillan 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 1,005 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.7% of McMillan households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of McMillan’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,148 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800, McMillan comes 1,203rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 35 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,201 | Shiawassee Township MI | 2,726 | $78K | 10.1% | 1.6% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,202 | Monkton VT | 2,207 | $120K | 4.2% | 4.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,203 | McMillan WI | 2,085 | $113K | 3.6% | 4.7% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,204 | Prudhoe Bay AK | 1,664 | — | 6.3% | 1.2% | — | B+ |
| 1,205 | Solon Township MI | 1,608 | $97K | 3.9% | 2.1% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 McMillan, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
The towns next door employ 53% of McMillan
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | McMillan workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McMillan | – | B+ | C | 20 min | $112,917 |
| Marshfield | 53% | B− | A | 15 min | $58,407 |
| Day | under 2% | B | C− | 21 min | $93,750 |
| Spencer | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Eau Pleine | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Marshfield | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Spencer, Eau Pleine and Marshfield: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Marshfield. Darker towns draw more of McMillan’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 McMillan: questions
What is the median household income in McMillan?
$112,917 (±$9,841) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McMillan?
3.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McMillan?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McMillan work?
1% work in town.
Is McMillan walkable?
McMillan is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around McMillan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McMillan, from the people who make the trip.
More of McMillan
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.