Work & commute · Milliken

Work & commute in Milliken, CO

Most working residents leave Milliken for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Greeley (16%), Denver (9%) and Fort Collins (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

105 of 5,053 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,948 Milliken residents head out of town to work, 105 work right here, and 1,116 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milliken.

4,948live here, work elsewhere

105live and work here

1,116work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milliken goes to work

Greeley8.5 mi away

16%803

Denver37.9 mi away

9%475

Fort Collins19.7 mi away

8%409

Loveland13 mi away

8%397

Longmont16.1 mi away

4%206

Johnstown2.8 mi away

4%180

Aurora42.2 mi away

4%177

Windsor12 mi away

3%133

Boulder28.7 mi away

2%111

Milliken (in town)right here

2%105

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%2,057

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Milliken commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

22%

37%

30%

11%

22%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milliken is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.24 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Milliken are

1,221 jobs are based in Milliken. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Milliken’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Milliken

1,221 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Milliken residents hold

5,053 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+118%

Jobs based in Milliken, 2013 → 2023: 561 → 1,221. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.