Work & commute · Millbrook

Work & commute in Millbrook, MI

Most working residents leave Millbrook for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (10%), Mount Pleasant (7%) and Cato (5%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 386 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 375 Millbrook residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 182 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Millbrook.

375live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

182work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Millbrook goes to work

Grand Rapids45.7 mi away

10%37

Mount Pleasant19.6 mi away

7%28

Cato8.9 mi away

5%21

Wheatland6 mi away

4%16

Big Rapids21.2 mi away

4%14

Kentwood48.6 mi away

3%11

Millbrook (in town)right here

3%11

Home7.7 mi away

2%9

Big Rapids21.2 mi away

2%8

Wyoming51.2 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%225

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

How far

How far Millbrook commutes

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

17%

29%

25%

29%

17%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Millbrook is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Millbrook are

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

Jobs based in Millbrook

193 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)85%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Millbrook residents hold

386 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+10%

Jobs based in Millbrook, 2011 → 2021: 175 → 193. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.