Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 3.0Work means West Wendover for more than half of Montello’s working residents
No jobs are based in Montello in the Census job records; 30 of its residents work elsewhere. Hardly any work in Montello; the top destination outside it is West Wendover (53%, 37 miles). Below the poverty line: 32.5% of residents (Nevada 12.4%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Montello: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 30 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 50 people are in Montello on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Commuting out of Montello: the destinations
Where Montello clocks in
53% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Montello
About 43% 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.
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 Montello: questions
What is the poverty rate in Montello?
32.5%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Montello work?
0% work in town.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Montello, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montello
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.