Work & commute · Millis

Work & commute in Millis, MA

Most working residents leave Millis for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (12%), Needham (4%) and Framingham (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

349 of 4,204 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,855 Millis residents head out of town to work, 349 work right here, and 1,710 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Millis.

3,855live here, work elsewhere

349live and work here

1,710work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Millis goes to work

Boston21 mi away

12%507

Millis (in town)right here

8%349

Needham9.7 mi away

4%154

Framingham10.1 mi away

4%149

Cambridge18.8 mi away

3%145

Natick7.8 mi away

3%137

Waltham16.2 mi away

3%123

Newton13.5 mi away

3%121

Wellesley10.1 mi away

3%110

Norwood8.6 mi away

3%107

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%2,302

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

How far

How far Millis commutes

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

37%

50%

37%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Millis is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Millis are

2,059 jobs are based in Millis. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Millis’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Millis

2,059 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Millis residents hold

4,204 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+28%

Jobs based in Millis, 2013 → 2023: 1,610 → 2,059. 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.