Work & commute · Milton

Work & commute in Milton, MN

Most working residents leave Milton for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (54%), Kasson (6%) and Dodge Center (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 392 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 391 Milton residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milton.

391live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milton goes to work

Rochester15.7 mi away

54%210

Kasson8 mi away

6%22

Dodge Center10.2 mi away

3%11

Mantorville5.8 mi away

3%10

Zumbrota10.6 mi away

2%9

Byron8.9 mi away

2%9

Mantorville5.8 mi away

2%8

Owatonna25.1 mi away

2%6

Albert Lea46.4 mi away

1%5

Concord7.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%97

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

How far

How far Milton commutes

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

16%

64%

12%

16%Under 10 mi

64%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milton 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 Milton are

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

Jobs based in Milton

67 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)99%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Milton residents hold

392 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−30%

Jobs based in Milton, 2013 → 2023: 96 → 67. 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.