Millwood Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
The average commute, 23 minutes each way, matches the Minnesota norm. There are 138 jobs in Millwood Township, and 485 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Millwood Township; the top destination outside it is Melrose (16%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Millwood Township, in a few figures
Millwood Township and Melrose trade workers both ways
Melrose is the top workplace for Millwood Township residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Millwood Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Millwood Township is a place people come home to
There are 138 jobs based in Millwood Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Millwood Township has about 640 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 485 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Millwood Township goes to work
Where Millwood Township clocks in
11% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Millwood Township by day and by night
On a workday 477 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Millwood Township on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Factories, building and farms: 69% of the jobs in Millwood Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Millwood Township, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 138. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Millwood Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way for Millwood Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Millwood Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 516 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Millwood Township’s workers travel
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns around Millwood Township
The biggest share goes to Freeport (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Millwood Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millwood Township | – | — | — | 23 min | $103,393 |
| Melrose Township | under 3% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Krain Township | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 28 min | $101,667 |
| Grey Eagle Township | under 3% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Oak Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Freeport | 4% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Melrose Township: not graded. Grey Eagle Township, Oak Township and Freeport: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Millwood Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Millwood Township: questions
What is the median household income in Millwood Township?
$103,393 (±$21,199) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Millwood Township?
2.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Millwood Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Millwood Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Melrose (16%, 6 mi), St. Cloud (11%, 29 mi), Sauk Centre (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Millwood Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Millwood Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Millwood Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.