Photo: Alexisrael · CC BY-SA 3.0Montebello’s household incomes are higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income A−: better than 80% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #159 of 758 in New York.
Walkability A−: more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns · #266 of 758 in New York.
Working residents average 34 minutes each way (New York 33, U.S. 26). Only 2% work in Montebello; the top destination outside it is Ramapo (27%, 1 miles).
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.6 transit trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 79.0 in New York City (EPA, 2020 schedules).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Montebello
Montebello is where the jobs are
Montebello has 3,059 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Montebello and Ramapo trade workers both ways
Ramapo is the top workplace for Montebello residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Montebello come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Montebello averages 34 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (27 to 31 minutes). Next door ↓
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.
What’s behind Montebello’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Montebello is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #159 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds Montebello’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Montebello could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Montebello fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,490 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 3,021 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,400 people are in Montebello on a workday afternoon, 32% more than live here.
2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where Montebello’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Montebello clocks in
27% of workers
19% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
66% of the jobs in Montebello pay over $3,333 a month
3,059 jobs are based in Montebello. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Montebello’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montebello, 2013 → 2023: 3,671 → 3,059. 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.
About 34 minutes each way, about the NY average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montebello workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,854 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Montebello commutes less than 14 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Montebello is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Montebello is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #266 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 12.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 7.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,158 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 5% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 51% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.8% of Montebello households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 10% of Montebello’s commuters take a bus or train.
Montebello is 805th of 3,753 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,500 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Montebello, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
| # | 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 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 803 | Howard Township OH | 6,206 | $105K | 4.5% | 0.9% | 5% | A− |
| 804 | Los Ranchos de Albuquerque NM | 5,790 | $73K | 8.8% | 0.8% | 3% | A− |
| 805 | Montebello NY | 4,828 | $134K | 11.2% | 4.1% | 2% | A− |
| 806 | Harrison Township IN | 4,423 | $120K | 1.6% | 5.0% | 1% | A− |
| 807 | Cottrellville Township MI | 3,469 | $92K | 5.0% | 1.1% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,753 | 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.
Montebello and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Montebello’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Montebello workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montebello | – | A− | A− | 34 min | $133,750 |
| Viola | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Suffern | under 2% | A− | A− | 29 min | $104,607 |
| Airmont | under 2% | B+ | A | 27 min | $94,972 |
| Wesley Hills | under 2% | A+ | A− | 31 min | $209,345 |
Same-state neighbors only. Viola: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Montebello: questions
What is the median household income in Montebello?
$133,750 (±$43,546) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montebello?
11.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montebello?
34 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montebello work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ramapo (27%, 1 mi), New York City (19%, 34 mi), Clarkstown (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Montebello walkable?
Montebello is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Montebello without a car?
10% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Montebello, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montebello
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.