Milford is a medium-sized town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 30,196 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Milford is the 60th largest community in Massachusetts.Milford is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Milford is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Milford who work in management occupations (13.80%), office and administrative support (10.51%), and sales jobs (9.13%). Also of interest is that Milford has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Milford telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.67% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Milford, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.10 minutes every day commuting to work. The education level of Milford citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 34.10% of adults in Milford have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Milford in 2022 was $44,401, which is lower middle income relative to Massachusetts, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $177,604 for a family of four. However, Milford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Milford is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Milford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Milford residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Milford also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.71% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Milford include Irish, Italian, Brazilian, English, and Portuguese. In addition, Milford has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (25.90%). The most common language spoken in Milford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
