Photo: Jared Kofsky · CC BY-SA 3.0Montague Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
2% of workers have no commute at all, next to 17% for New Jersey as a whole. 337 jobs are based in Montague Township, and 1,623 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Montague Township are B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Montague Township, in brief
Fewer jobs are based in Montague Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Montague Township fell from 645 in 2013 to 337 in 2023, −48%. 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 ↓
Montague Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 31 across New Jersey. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Montague Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Montague Township is a place people come home to
There are 337 jobs based in Montague Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Montague Township has about 2,600 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Montague Township
64% of Montague Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 45% of the jobs based in Montague Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. 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.
Why Montague Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Montague Township is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #406 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income holds Montague Township’s grade up ($101,250, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Montague Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
Jobs in Montague Township: what the 337 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montague Township, 2013 → 2023: 645 → 337. 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 Montague Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Montague Township: about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montague Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,604 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Montague Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,551 residents head out to work, 72 work right here, and 265 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Montague Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
6% of working residents work in New York City
Where Montague Township clocks in
6% of workers
3% 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.
How many miles Montague Township commutes
About 26% 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 commute in Montague Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Montague Township is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns, #426 of 468 in New Jersey. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,641 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). 0.0% of Montague Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Montague Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Montague Township places 2,282nd of 4,364 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 20 | Mountain Lakes NJ | 4,649 | $250K | 1.3% | 2.4% | 6% | A+ |
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| 38 | Harding Township NJ | 3,949 | $222K | 3.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,280 | Reno Township KS | 4,360 | $60K | 12.4% | 1.6% | 10% | B− |
| 2,281 | Belgrade ME | 3,541 | $88K | 3.1% | 7.9% | 7% | B− |
| 2,282 | Montague Township NJ | 3,896 | $101K | 8.8% | 5.5% | 4% | B− |
| 2,283 | Jefferson Township OH | 4,986 | $72K | 7.2% | 4.5% | 10% | B− |
| 2,284 | Zillah WA | 3,111 | $75K | 6.5% | 5.4% | 10% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,364 | 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 Montague Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Montague Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Wantage Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Montague Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montague Township | – | B− | C+ | 41 min | $101,250 |
| Sandyston Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 33 min | $104,219 |
| Wantage Township | 3% | B | C+ | 36 min | $99,599 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Montague Township’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 Montague Township: questions
What is the median household income in Montague Township?
$101,250 (±$28,276) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montague Township?
8.8%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montague Township?
41 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montague Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (6%, 59 mi), Newton (3%, 16 mi), Sparta Township (3%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Montague Township walkable?
Montague Township is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Montague Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Montague Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montague Township
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.