Most of Montmorency Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Montmorency Township are B+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. There are 439 jobs in Montmorency Township; 1,138 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Montmorency Township, in brief
Montmorency Township makes and builds things
68% of the jobs based in Montmorency Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Montmorency Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Montmorency Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Montmorency Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 21% of Montmorency Township’s own working residents. 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.
The four measures behind Montmorency Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Montmorency Township is better than 73% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Montmorency Township’s grade up (4.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Montmorency Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
68% of the jobs in Montmorency Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montmorency Township, 2014 → 2024: 346 → 439. 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 Montmorency Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes to work from Montmorency Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montmorency Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,253 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many people are in Montmorency Township by day
On a workday 1,075 residents head out to work, 63 work right here, and 376 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Montmorency Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 2024, primary jobs.
25% of working residents work in Sterling
Where Montmorency Township clocks in
25% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
Montmorency Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 20% 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.
Most of Montmorency Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Montmorency Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 3.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,312 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.0% of Montmorency Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Montmorency Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Montmorency Township ranks: 1,047th of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 29 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 59 | Wayne IL | 2,278 | $162K | 2.1% | 2.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,045 | Rancho Viejo TX | 2,851 | $91K | 6.4% | 3.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,046 | Omphghent Township IL | 2,370 | $84K | 3.4% | 3.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,047 | Montmorency Township IL | 2,391 | $92K | 4.4% | 2.5% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,048 | Keene Township MI | 1,749 | $96K | 7.7% | 3.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,049 | Trenton WI | 1,944 | $110K | 4.2% | 2.5% | 4% | B+ |
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| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Montmorency Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Montmorency Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Montmorency Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montmorency Township | – | B+ | D | 20 min | $92,147 |
| Hume Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Harmon Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Coloma Township | under 2% | D | A− | 17 min | $52,152 |
| Hahnaman Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hume Township, Harmon Township and Hahnaman Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Montmorency 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 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 Montmorency Township: questions
What is the median household income in Montmorency Township?
$92,147 (±$17,216) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montmorency Township?
4.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montmorency Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montmorency Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sterling (25%, 6 mi), Rock Falls (10%, 4 mi), Dixon (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Montmorency Township walkable?
Montmorency Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Montmorency Township without a car?
1% 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 Montmorency Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montmorency Township
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.