Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Montezuma commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
For 1% of workers, the job is at home (Indiana 11%). Montezuma has 74 jobs; 354 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Montezuma itself; outside it, Terre Haute draws the most (21%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Montezuma: the gist
Montezuma is a place people come home to
There are 74 jobs based in Montezuma, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Montezuma has about 650 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Montezuma’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Montezuma is Terre Haute, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (75) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% 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 354 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Montezuma quiets down on a workday
On a workday 351 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Montezuma on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 2023, primary jobs.
How far Montezuma’s workers travel
About 31% 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.
The towns that employ Montezuma’s residents
Where Montezuma clocks in
21% of workers
8% 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.
What Montezuma’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montezuma, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 74. 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 Montezuma’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Montezuma: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montezuma workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 352 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 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.
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 Montezuma: questions
What is the median household income in Montezuma?
$56,974 (±$8,963) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montezuma?
20.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montezuma?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montezuma work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Terre Haute (21%, 23 mi), Indianapolis (8%, 65 mi), Wabash Township (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Montezuma without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Montezuma, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montezuma
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.