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Jobs & commute in Milltown

Work means Parkston for nearly all of Milltown’s working residents

Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (South Dakota 10%). Hardly any stay in Milltown for work; outside it, Parkston is the main destination (100%, 9 miles). Milltown has 1 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Milltown on a workday afternoon

On a workday 1 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

1live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night4
Workday3
4live here− 1head out to work+ 0come in to work= 3on a workday

About 3 people are in Milltown on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The places Milltown commutes to

Parkston: 1 residents work here (100%)Milltown TownshipFoster TownshipMilltownParkstonMilltown
1
Parkston9.1 mi away
100%1

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Milltown

Working from home
0%

of Milltown workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Milltown gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 4 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across South Dakota: 85% drive alone, 1% 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

The distance from Milltown to work

10 mi25 mi30 miParkston: 100% · 9.1 miParkston 100%Milltown
MilltownTop destinations (size = commuters)
100%Under 10 mi1 residents
0%10–24 mi0 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
0%Over 50 mi0 residents

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.

Next door

Next door to Milltown

Foster Township: few work hereFoster TownshipMilltown
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownMilltown workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Milltown–————
Foster Townshipunder 100%————

Same-state neighbors only. Foster Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Milltown’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Milltown: questions

What is the poverty rate in Milltown?

0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Milltown work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Milltown without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Milltown, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Milltown

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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.