Making a living in Milltown
Only 4% stay in Milltown for work; outside it, St. Croix Falls is the main destination (6%, 10 miles). 7% of workers work from home (Wisconsin 13%). A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Milltown apart on work
Fewer jobs are based in Milltown than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Milltown fell from 600 in 2013 to 308 in 2023, −49%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Milltown makes and builds things
53% of the jobs based in Milltown are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Milltown residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 30%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 473 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A place that makes things: 53% of Milltown’s jobs are in goods
308 jobs are based in Milltown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milltown, 2013 → 2023: 600 → 308. 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 Milltown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Milltown commutes less than 29 miles
About 35% 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.
A workday in Milltown: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 452 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 287 people come in from elsewhere.
About 770 people are in Milltown on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.65 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.
Where people from Milltown work
Where Milltown clocks in
5% 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.
The trip to work from Milltown: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milltown workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 365 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
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 Milltown: questions
What is the median household income in Milltown?
$42,083 (±$11,489) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milltown?
17.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milltown?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milltown work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Croix Falls (6%, 10 mi), Balsam Lake (5%, 4 mi), Milltown (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Milltown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% 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.
More of Milltown
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.