Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Households in Montgomery City have lower incomes than those in 78% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 17.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri. Jobs and income earn Montgomery City C−; getting around on foot earns it B. About one in four work in Montgomery City itself; outside it, Columbia draws the most (4%, 44 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Montgomery City: the figures worth knowing
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Montgomery City
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Montgomery City is better than 20% of U.S. towns, #182 of 247 in Missouri. Unemployment holds Montgomery City’s grade up (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Montgomery City could be anywhere from D to C+.
Montgomery City by day and by night
On a workday 855 residents head out to work, 318 work right here, and 883 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Montgomery City goes to work
Where Montgomery City clocks in
4% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Goods, not services: 30% of the jobs in Montgomery City
1,201 jobs are based in Montgomery City.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montgomery City, 2014 → 2024: 1,101 → 1,201. 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 Montgomery City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Montgomery City: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montgomery City workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,244 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% 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.
Half of Montgomery City commutes less than 25 miles
About 25% 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.
In Montgomery City, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Montgomery City is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #119 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.2% across Missouri.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,350 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). 4.1% of Montgomery City households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Montgomery City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Montgomery City next to U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,800: 3,989th of 5,131 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Clarkson Valley MO | 2,540 | $247K | 3.0% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,987 | Wyboo SC | 3,639 | $59K | 15.1% | 3.6% | 3% | C− |
| 3,988 | Columbus KS | 2,866 | $38K | 21.3% | 3.0% | 26% | C− |
| 3,989 | Montgomery City MO | 2,782 | $58K | 17.7% | 3.9% | 27% | C− |
| 3,990 | Burnettown SC | 3,267 | $50K | 19.6% | 6.4% | 1% | C− |
| 3,991 | Sherman Township MI | 2,152 | $67K | 11.6% | 2.3% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,131 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 0% | 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 City, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
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 Montgomery City: questions
What is the median household income in Montgomery City?
$57,500 (±$8,071) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montgomery City?
17.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montgomery City?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montgomery City work?
27% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbia (4%, 44 mi), Wentzville (4%, 36 mi), Jonesburg (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Montgomery City walkable?
Montgomery City is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Montgomery City 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 Montgomery City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montgomery City
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.