Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Monroe commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 0% of workers; Massachusetts has 19%. There are 11 jobs in Monroe, against 51 working residents. Hardly any stay in Monroe for work; outside it, Greenfield is the main destination (6%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Monroe, and who commutes in
On a workday 51 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 75 people are in Monroe on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Where Monroe’s working residents head each day
Where Monroe clocks in
6% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Monroe: what the 11 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 11. 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 Monroe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Monroe: about 56 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 18 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monroe workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Monroe, by distance
About 39% 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.
Work in the towns next to Monroe
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Monroe workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe | – | — | — | 56 min | — |
| Rowe | 6% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Florida | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rowe and Florida: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Rowe. Darker towns draw more of Monroe’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 Monroe: questions
What is the poverty rate in Monroe?
38.5%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monroe?
56 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monroe work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenfield (6%, 21 mi), Rowe (6%, 4 mi), Buckland (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Monroe without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Monroe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monroe
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.