Work & commute · Milroy

Work & commute in Milroy, MN

Most working residents leave Milroy for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Marshall (21%), Redwood Falls (5%) and Wabasso (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 91 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 89 Milroy residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milroy.

89live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milroy goes to work

Marshall11.8 mi away

21%19

Redwood Falls24 mi away

5%5

Wabasso14.8 mi away

4%4

Tracy12.7 mi away

4%4

Mankato79.9 mi away

4%4

Lucan7 mi away

3%3

Milroy (in town)right here

2%2

Belview17.1 mi away

2%2

Cottonwood14.8 mi away

2%2

Prinsburg40 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%44

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

How far

How far Milroy commutes

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

12%

49%

31%

12%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milroy is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Milroy are

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

Jobs based in Milroy

39 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Milroy residents hold

91 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−30%

Jobs based in Milroy, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 39. 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.