Work & commute · Millwood

Work & commute in Millwood, MN

Most working residents leave Millwood for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Melrose (16%), St. Cloud (11%) and Sauk Centre (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 485 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 477 Millwood residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Millwood.

477live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

130work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Millwood goes to work

Melrose6.1 mi away

16%76

St. Cloud28.6 mi away

11%51

Sauk Centre12.3 mi away

8%39

Albany8.9 mi away

5%26

Freeport3.7 mi away

4%17

New Munich6.2 mi away

3%15

Avon14.2 mi away

3%13

Grove8.6 mi away

2%12

St. Rosa1.2 mi away

2%11

St. Joseph21.8 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%215

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

How far

How far Millwood commutes

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

34%

30%

20%

16%

34%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Millwood is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Millwood are

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

Jobs based in Millwood

138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)69%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Millwood residents hold

485 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−6%

Jobs based in Millwood, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 138. 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.