Work & commute · Milltown

Work & commute in Milltown, WI

Most working residents leave Milltown for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are St. Croix Falls (8%), Balsam Lake (6%) and Osceola (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 591 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 572 Milltown residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 296 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milltown.

572live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

296work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milltown goes to work

St. Croix Falls10.4 mi away

8%47

Balsam Lake2.7 mi away

6%35

Osceola17.3 mi away

4%21

Milltown (in town)right here

3%19

St. Paul, MN49.7 mi away

3%16

Luck4.8 mi away

3%16

Milltown2.1 mi away

2%14

New Richmond26.7 mi away

2%14

Amery14.8 mi away

2%13

Frederic10 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%385

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

How far

How far Milltown commutes

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

22%

25%

23%

31%

22%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milltown is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Milltown are

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

Jobs based in Milltown

315 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Milltown residents hold

591 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+23%

Jobs based in Milltown, 2013 → 2023: 257 → 315. 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.