About Millington

Millington is a very small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 2,921 people and just one neighborhood, Millington is the 415th largest community in New Jersey.

Millington is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 92.28% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Millington is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Millington who work in management occupations (21.12%), office and administrative support jobs (13.69%), and sales jobs (12.31%).

Also of interest is that Millington has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Millington is also a town of artists. Millington has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Millington's character.

In addition, Millington is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Millington is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Millington really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Millington perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Millington, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.11 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small town, Millington doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Millington Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Millington, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Millington is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 58.94% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Millington in 2000 was $47,602, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $190,408 for a family of four. However, Millington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Millington home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Millington is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Millington include Italian, German, Irish, Polish, English, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Millington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.