Milford is a medium-sized town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 30,257 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 (14.57%), sales jobs (9.89%), and office and administrative support (9.41%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.52% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 32.78 minutes every day commuting to work. The overall education level of Milford citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.75% of adults in Milford have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Milford in 2022 was $45,101, 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 $180,404 for a family of four. However, Milford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Milford is an extremely 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 15.22% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Milford include Irish, Italian, Brazilian, English, and Portuguese. Milford also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 29.85%. The most common language spoken in Milford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
