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Jobs & commute in Montrose

Montrose has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each

Montrose has 13 jobs, against 82 working residents. Hardly any work in Montrose itself; outside it, Dublin draws the most (39%, 13 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Georgia as a whole has 16%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who works in Montrose, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 82 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.

82live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
13work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night210
Workday140
210live here− 82head out to work+ 13come in to work= 140on a workday

About 140 people are in Montrose on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.16jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Montrose goes to work

MontroseTennille: 1 residents work here (1%)Stillmore: 1 residents work here (1%)Dudley: 3 residents work here (4%)Jeffersonville: 1 residents work here (1%)East Dublin: 5 residents work here (6%)Griffin: 1 residents work here (1%)Dublin: 32 residents work here (39%)Covington: 2 residents work here (2%)Macon-Bibb County: 7 residents work here (9%)Atlanta: 4 residents work here (5%)DublinMacon-Bibb CountyEast DublinAtlantaDudleyCovingtonMontrose
1
Dublin13.1 mi away
39%32
2
Macon-Bibb County35.9 mi away
9%7
3
East Dublin16.6 mi away
6%5
4
Atlanta111 mi away
5%4
5
Dudley4.4 mi away
4%3
6
Covington82.7 mi away
2%2
7
Tennille32.8 mi away
1%1
8
Stillmore55.2 mi away
1%1
9
Jeffersonville13.9 mi away
1%1
10
Griffin80.3 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
30%25
The top trips

Where Montrose clocks in

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.

The jobs

Jobs in Montrose: what the 13 are

Jobs based in MontroseJobs Montrose residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%23%
Trade, transport & utilities85%21%
Services: health, schools, offices15%56%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less15%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%28%
Over $3,333 a month54%61%

Who does it

29 or younger15%18%
30 to 5438%51%
55 and older46%30%
−7%

Jobs based in Montrose, 2014 → 2024: 14 → 13. 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 Montrose’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Commuting from Montrose: about 34 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
263 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Montrose34 min
Georgia28 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Montrose workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Montrose gets to work
86%Drive alone
14%Carpool

Share of the 122 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% 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

Short hops and long hauls from Montrose

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miDublin: 39% · 13.1 miMacon-Bibb County: 9% · 35.9 miEast Dublin: 6% · 16.6 miAtlanta: 5% · 111 miDudley: 4% · 4.4 miCovington: 2% · 82.7 miTennille: 1% · 32.8 miStillmore: 1% · 55.2 miJeffersonville: 1% · 13.9 miGriffin: 1% · 80.3 miDublin 39%Macon-Bibb County 9%East Dublin 6%Atlanta 5%Dudley 4%Montrose
MontroseTop destinations (size = commuters)
5%Under 10 mi4 residents
60%10–24 mi49 residents
13%25–50 mi11 residents
22%Over 50 mi18 residents

About 22% 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 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Montrose: questions

What is the median household income in Montrose?

$69,583 (±$31,528) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Montrose?

18.3%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Montrose?

34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Montrose work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dublin (39%, 13 mi), Macon-Bibb County (9%, 36 mi), East Dublin (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Montrose 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 Montrose, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Montrose

Montrose home →

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.