Work & commute · Milaca

Work & commute in Milaca, MN

Most working residents leave Milaca for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Princeton (7%), St. Cloud (6%) and Foley (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

238 of 1,279 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,041 Milaca residents head out of town to work, 238 work right here, and 1,413 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milaca.

1,041live here, work elsewhere

238live and work here

1,413work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milaca goes to work

Milaca (in town)right here

19%238

Princeton13.4 mi away

7%92

St. Cloud29.8 mi away

6%82

Foley14.1 mi away

3%38

Elk River29.7 mi away

3%36

Maple Grove45.2 mi away

2%25

Foreston3.5 mi away

2%22

Kathio29.4 mi away

2%21

Milaca3 mi away

2%21

Milo5.6 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%685

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

How far

How far Milaca commutes

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

25%

21%

32%

22%

25%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milaca is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Milaca are

1,651 jobs are based in Milaca. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Milaca’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Milaca

1,651 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Milaca residents hold

1,279 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+8%

Jobs based in Milaca, 2013 → 2023: 1,523 → 1,651. 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 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.