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Work & commute in Millburg · A commuter town

100% of Millburg’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Millburg for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Benton (23%), St. Joseph (9%) and Lincoln (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Work in town
0%
1 of 235 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
38 min
More than MI (24 min)
Work from home
5%
Less than MI (14%)
Jobs based here
24
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Millburg?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

23% of working residents work in Benton

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

WalkertonSouth Bend: 4 residents work here (2%)WatervlietSt. Joseph: 22 residents work here (9%)DowagiacHowellNiles: 5 residents work here (2%)Three RiversGrand Rapids: 9 residents work here (4%)Lansing: 5 residents work here (2%)WaverlySt. Joseph: 9 residents work here (4%)Bainbridge: 8 residents work here (3%)Lincoln: 11 residents work here (5%)New Buffalo: 5 residents work here (2%)Benton: 54 residents work here (23%)MillburgBentonSt. JosephLincolnGrand RapidsSt. JosephBainbridgeMillburg
1
Benton2.8 mi away
23%54
2
St. Joseph7.6 mi away
9%22
3
Lincoln11.3 mi away
5%11
4
Grand Rapids67.5 mi away
4%9
5
St. Joseph8 mi away
4%9
6
Bainbridge3.9 mi away
3%8
7
Niles20.8 mi away
2%5
8
Lansing99.6 mi away
2%5
9
New Buffalo30.4 mi away
2%5
10
South Bend, IN31.3 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%103
The top trips

Where Millburg clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Next door

26% of Millburg works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Benton (23%). Darker towns draw more of Millburg’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Benton18 min
Bainbridge21 min
Millburg38 min
Time on the road

About 38 minutes each way, longer than most of Michigan

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
288 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Millburg38 min
Michigan24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
5%

of Millburg workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Day and night

Millburg quiets down on a workday

On a workday 234 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.

234live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
23work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night570
Workday360
570live here− 230head out to work+ 23come in to work= 360on a workday

About 360 people are in Millburg on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.10jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.10 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 2021, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Millburg commutes less than 10 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBenton: 23% · 2.8 miSt. Joseph: 9% · 7.6 miLincoln: 5% · 11.3 miGrand Rapids: 4% · 67.5 miSt. Joseph: 4% · 8 miBainbridge: 3% · 3.9 miNiles: 2% · 20.8 miLansing: 2% · 99.6 miNew Buffalo: 2% · 30.4 miSouth Bend: 2% · 31.3 miBenton 23%St. Joseph 9%Lincoln 5%Grand Rapids 4%Millburg
MillburgTop destinations (size = commuters)
50%Under 10 mi117 residents
16%10–24 mi38 residents
9%25–50 mi21 residents
25%Over 50 mi59 residents

About 25% 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 2021.

The jobs

Millburg makes things: 29% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in MillburgJobs Millburg residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms29%31%
Trade, transport & utilities8%14%
Services: health, schools, offices63%55%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less21%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month46%31%
Over $3,333 a month33%51%

Who does it

29 or younger8%21%
30 to 5458%49%
55 and older33%30%
+100%

Jobs based in Millburg, 2011 → 2021: 12 → 24. 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 2021.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2021. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.

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