Work & commute · Milan

Work & commute in Milan, MN

Most working residents leave Milan for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Montevideo (20%), Willmar (13%) and Dawson (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 141 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 139 Milan residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milan.

139live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milan goes to work

Montevideo14.8 mi away

20%28

Willmar41.6 mi away

13%18

Dawson14.4 mi away

4%6

Granite Falls27.8 mi away

4%5

Mankato115.3 mi away

4%5

Marshall46.2 mi away

3%4

Redwood Falls55.7 mi away

2%3

Murdock26.3 mi away

1%2

Milan (in town)right here

1%2

Madison15.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%66

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

How far

How far Milan commutes

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

35%

28%

30%

6%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milan is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.17 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Milan are

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

Jobs based in Milan

24 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Milan residents hold

141 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+26%

Jobs based in Milan, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 24. 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.