Fewer people are out of work in Montz (0.2%) than in 98% of U.S. towns
Hardly any work in Montz itself; outside it, New Orleans draws the most (11%, 32 miles). Montz grades A for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Home is the office for 17% of workers (Louisiana 8%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Montz stands out on work
Montz is a place people come home to
There are 220 jobs based in Montz, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Montz has about 1,100 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Montz’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Montz is New Orleans, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (134) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Montz than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Montz fell from 322 in 2013 to 220 in 2023, −32%. 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 ↓
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.
What’s behind Montz’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Montz is better than 92% of U.S. towns. Unemployment is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($91,875, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Montz could be anywhere from B to A+.
Who commutes out of Montz, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,196 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 215 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Montz on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.
0.18 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Montz
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.
Factories, building and farms: 47% of the jobs in Montz
220 jobs are based in Montz.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montz, 2013 → 2023: 322 → 220. 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 Montz’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Montz commutes to
Where Montz clocks in
11% of workers
10% 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 28 minutes to work from Montz
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montz workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,005 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Louisiana: 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.
In Montz, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Montz is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Louisiana, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,205 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). 4.5% of Montz households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Montz’s commuters take a bus or train.
Montz is 257th of 5,148 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Bayou Gauche LA | 1,908 | $163K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 255 | Baldwin Township PA | 1,896 | $90K | 2.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A |
| 256 | Arbury Hills IL | 1,519 | $99K | 4.1% | 2.5% | 1% | A |
| 257 | Montz LA | 2,074 | $92K | 4.7% | 0.2% | <1% | A |
| 258 | Hughesville MD | 2,098 | $106K | 1.7% | 0.7% | 1% | A |
| 259 | Sewall's Point FL | 2,078 | $129K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 396 | Des Allemands LA | 2,382 | $88K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 398 | Presquille LA | 2,062 | $112K | 1.1% | 14.9% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Montz, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
The towns around Montz
The biggest share goes to Laplace (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Montz’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 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 Montz: questions
What is the median household income in Montz?
$91,875 (±$49,408) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montz?
4.7%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montz?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montz work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Orleans (11%, 32 mi), Metairie (10%, 17 mi), Kenner (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Montz walkable?
Montz is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Montz without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Montz, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montz
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. 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.