Work & commute · Miller

Work & commute in Miller, SD

About one in 3 of Miller’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Miller (7%), Huron (5%) and St. Lawrence (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

232 of 670 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 438 Miller residents head out of town to work, 232 work right here, and 442 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Miller.

438live here, work elsewhere

232live and work here

442work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Miller goes to work

Miller (in town)right here

35%232

Miller2.1 mi away

7%45

Huron39.8 mi away

5%35

St. Lawrence5.7 mi away

4%29

Sioux Falls130.8 mi away

4%27

Mitchell72 mi away

2%16

Aberdeen70 mi away

2%16

Watertown93.8 mi away

2%14

Brookings109.5 mi away

2%13

Pierre66.5 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%231

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

How far

How far Miller commutes

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

48%

11%

34%

48%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Miller is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Miller are

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

Jobs based in Miller

674 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Miller residents hold

670 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−13%

Jobs based in Miller, 2013 → 2023: 776 → 674. 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.