Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Montville earn more than those in 74% of U.S. towns
6% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Connecticut as a whole. The poverty rate is 7.8%; Connecticut has 10.0%. Montville grades B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Montville: the gist
Montville trades workers with the towns around it
Montville has about as many jobs (9,261) as working residents (8,690), but they are mostly different people: 7,247 residents leave for work each day while 7,818 people come in. Only 16% of the jobs in Montville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Nearly all the work in Montville is services
87% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 5% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Montville’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Montville is better than 67% of U.S. towns, #112 of 155 in Connecticut. Household income holds Montville’s grade up ($96,454, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Montville could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Montville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 7,247 residents head out to work, 1,443 work right here, and 7,818 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Montville
9,261 jobs are based in Montville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montville, 2014 → 2024: 11,916 → 9,261. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Montville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
15% of working residents work in Groton
Where Montville clocks in
15% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
About 25 minutes each way, about the CT average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montville workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,629 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Connecticut: 82% drive alone, 4% 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 Montville’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Montville walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Montville is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns, #109 of 155 in Connecticut. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across Connecticut.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,135 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 32% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 26% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 57% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.0% of Montville households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Montville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,822 U.S. towns of 13,000 to 24,000, Montville comes 868th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Berlin CT | 20,698 | $114K | 3.4% | 2.0% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Ellington CT | 16,594 | $130K | 2.4% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 99 | Tolland CT | 14,752 | $133K | 5.3% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 866 | Fall Creek Township IN | 16,225 | $91K | 7.5% | 5.1% | 14% | B+ |
| 867 | Van Buren NY | 14,038 | $74K | 8.5% | 3.2% | 5% | B+ |
| 868 | Montville CT | 18,001 | $96K | 7.8% | 4.8% | 17% | B+ |
| 869 | Lake Wylie SC | 16,006 | $112K | 9.1% | 6.0% | 5% | B+ |
| 870 | Hayden ID | 17,363 | $83K | 7.8% | 3.1% | 14% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,822 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Montville, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
Work next door: 14% of Montville’s workers
The biggest share goes to Norwich (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Montville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montville | – | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $96,454 |
| Norwich | 7% | C | A | 24 min | $65,024 |
| Bozrah | under 2% | A− | C− | 29 min | $108,516 |
| Salem | under 2% | A | C+ | 32 min | $123,245 |
| Ledyard | 3% | A | C− | 22 min | $107,975 |
| Preston | under 2% | A− | D | 22 min | $116,648 |
| Waterford | 4% | B+ | B | 22 min | $104,820 |
| Gales Ferry | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Gales Ferry: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Montville’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 2024, 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 Montville: questions
What is the median household income in Montville?
$96,454 (±$10,974) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montville?
7.8%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montville work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Groton (15%, 10 mi), Norwich (7%, 7 mi), New London (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Montville walkable?
Montville is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Montville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 26% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Montville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.