Work & commute · Milbank

Work & commute in Milbank, SD

51% of Milbank’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (5%), Big Stone (4%) and Alban (4%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51%

840 of 1,636 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 796 Milbank residents head out of town to work, 840 work right here, and 1,521 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milbank.

796live here, work elsewhere

840live and work here

1,521work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milbank goes to work

Milbank (in town)right here

51%840

Sioux Falls116.1 mi away

5%89

Big Stone7 mi away

4%72

Alban4.4 mi away

4%72

Big Stone City10 mi away

4%62

Ortonville, MN10.9 mi away

4%61

Watertown33.3 mi away

3%53

Grant Center3.9 mi away

1%24

Melrose5 mi away

1%22

Blooming Valley25.8 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%327

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

How far

How far Milbank commutes

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

65%

10%

19%

65%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milbank is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Milbank are

2,361 jobs are based in Milbank. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Milbank’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Milbank

2,361 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Milbank residents hold

1,636 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+3%

Jobs based in Milbank, 2013 → 2023: 2,287 → 2,361. 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.