Mentz Church · Photo: bluemars21 · CC BY-SA 3.0Montezuma has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Only 2% stay in Montezuma for work; outside it, Auburn is the main destination (25%, 9 miles). 44 jobs are based in Montezuma; 550 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Montezuma are B− for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Montezuma: the gist
Montezuma is a place people come home to
There are 44 jobs based in Montezuma, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Montezuma has about 650 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Montezuma are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 550 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Montezuma gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Montezuma is better than 48% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Montezuma’s grade.
Unemployment (1.3%) is left out: Montezuma’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Montezuma could be anywhere from C to B+.
Who leaves Montezuma for work, and who comes in
On a workday 540 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Montezuma on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
Montezuma’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montezuma workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 532 commuters (the 9% 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.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where Montezuma goes to work
Where Montezuma clocks in
25% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Montezuma: what the 44 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montezuma, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 44. 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 Montezuma’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Montezuma, by distance
About 15% 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.
Most trips from Montezuma start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Montezuma is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Montezuma near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 586 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.1% of Montezuma households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Montezuma’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,559th of 4,312: where Montezuma ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,557 | Jefferson Township OH | 1,175 | $83K | 11.5% | 3.0% | 1% | B− |
| 1,558 | Boronda CA | 1,351 | $63K | 10.9% | 0.7% | 1% | B− |
| 1,559 | Montezuma NY | 1,151 | $73K | 9.8% | 1.3% | 2% | B− |
| 1,560 | Moreland Township PA | 1,031 | $95K | 12.0% | 4.2% | 1% | B− |
| 1,561 | Upper Lake CA | 1,374 | $110K | 10.5% | 2.2% | 14% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Montezuma, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
How Montezuma compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Aurelius (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Montezuma workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montezuma | – | B− | D− | 23 min | $73,250 |
| Tyre | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Conquest | under 2% | C | D | 26 min | $81,620 |
| Savannah | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 31 min | $62,604 |
| Mentz | 3% | C− | C | 29 min | $52,602 |
| Aurelius | 4% | B− | B− | 19 min | $94,079 |
| Throop | under 2% | B+ | D | 26 min | $90,268 |
Same-state neighbors only. Tyre: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Montezuma’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 Montezuma: questions
What is the median household income in Montezuma?
$73,250 (±$18,240) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montezuma?
9.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montezuma?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montezuma work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Auburn (25%, 9 mi), Syracuse (6%, 28 mi), Aurelius (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Montezuma walkable?
Montezuma is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Montezuma without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Montezuma, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montezuma
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.