Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Unemployment in Montgomery (3.0%) is lower than in 70% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 23 minutes each way, about the same as across Minnesota. For jobs and income Montgomery is better than 70% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (A−). About one in seven stay in Montgomery for work; outside it, New Prague is the main destination (6%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Montgomery, in brief
What’s behind Montgomery’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input (5.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Montgomery could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Factories, building and farms: 35% of the jobs in Montgomery
1,034 jobs are based in Montgomery.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montgomery, 2013 → 2023: 975 → 1,034. 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 Montgomery’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Montgomery, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,516 residents head out to work, 239 work right here, and 795 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Montgomery on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.59 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.
The towns that employ Montgomery’s residents
Where Montgomery clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
Time on the road from Montgomery: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montgomery workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,526 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% 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 Montgomery’s workers travel
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Montgomery
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 7.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,849 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). 5.2% of Montgomery households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Montgomery’s commuters take a bus or train.
Montgomery is 1,257th of 4,355 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Independence MN | 3,763 | $187K | 1.1% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 17 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,255 | Monticello IA | 4,104 | $70K | 6.0% | 0.8% | 31% | B+ |
| 1,256 | Colonial Heights TN | 3,258 | $80K | 4.7% | 4.5% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,257 | Montgomery MN | 3,539 | $79K | 5.8% | 3.0% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,258 | China ME | 4,636 | $96K | 6.0% | 2.1% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,259 | Goodview MN | 4,122 | $75K | 5.9% | 2.1% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Montgomery, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Next door to Montgomery
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Montgomery workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery | – | B+ | A− | 23 min | $79,432 |
| Montgomery Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Lanesburgh Township | under 3% | A− | C+ | 26 min | $121,908 |
Same-state neighbors only. Montgomery Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Montgomery’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 Montgomery: questions
What is the median household income in Montgomery?
$79,432 (±$14,694) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montgomery?
5.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montgomery?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montgomery work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Prague (6%, 7 mi), Burnsville (5%, 27 mi), Le Center (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Montgomery walkable?
Montgomery is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Montgomery without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Montgomery, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montgomery
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.