Work & commute · Miltona

Work & commute in Miltona, MN

Most working residents leave Miltona for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (30%), Parkers Prairie (4%) and Carlos (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 201 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 196 Miltona residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Miltona.

196live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

109work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Miltona goes to work

Alexandria12.4 mi away

30%60

Parkers Prairie7.6 mi away

4%9

Carlos5 mi away

3%7

La Grand13.2 mi away

3%7

Carlos5.3 mi away

3%6

Miltona (in town)right here

2%5

Fergus Falls40.9 mi away

2%5

Elbow Lake33.1 mi away

1%3

St. Cloud64.9 mi away

1%3

Leaf Valley7.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%93

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

How far

How far Miltona commutes

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

19%

43%

12%

25%

19%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Miltona is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Miltona are

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

Jobs based in Miltona

114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)69%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Miltona residents hold

201 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+63%

Jobs based in Miltona, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 114. 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.