Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Montgomery earn more than those in 71% of U.S. towns
11.1% of residents are in poverty, next to 14.0% for New York as a whole. The two grades for Montgomery are B for jobs and income and A− for walkability. About one in five stay in Montgomery for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (14%, 62 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Montgomery apart
Montgomery’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Montgomery is New York City, 62 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (1,543) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Montgomery trades workers with the towns around it
Montgomery has about as many jobs (10,523) as working residents (10,647), but they are mostly different people: 8,714 residents leave for work each day while 8,590 people come in. Only 18% of the jobs in Montgomery are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
50% of the jobs in Montgomery are in trade, transport and utilities, against 24% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Montgomery has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Montgomery went from 7,655 in 2014 to 10,523 in 2024, +37%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Montgomery earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Montgomery is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #375 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Montgomery’s grade up ($92,939, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Montgomery could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Montgomery
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The daily flow of workers through Montgomery
On a workday 8,714 residents head out to work, 1,933 work right here, and 8,590 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 (0.99 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.
What Montgomery’s employers do
10,523 jobs are based in Montgomery.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montgomery, 2014 → 2024: 7,655 → 10,523. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of Montgomery: the destinations
Where Montgomery clocks in
14% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Each way, about 34 minutes from Montgomery
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montgomery workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,538 commuters (the 8% 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.
Montgomery is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Montgomery is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns, #275 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Montgomery 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 11,454 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 44% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 13% 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). 4.7% of Montgomery households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Montgomery’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 16,000 to 32,000, Montgomery ranks 1,096th of 1,780 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Floral Park NY | 16,105 | $150K | 3.0% | 3.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Garden City NY | 23,043 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Victor NY | 16,422 | $116K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,094 | Rosemont CA | 23,766 | $90K | 16.6% | 5.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,095 | West Chicago IL | 25,296 | $100K | 13.0% | 9.5% | 11% | B |
| 1,096 | Montgomery NY | 23,425 | $93K | 11.1% | 5.4% | 18% | B |
| 1,097 | Longwood FL | 16,892 | $79K | 9.9% | 6.7% | 6% | B |
| 1,098 | South Salt Lake UT | 26,934 | $72K | 15.8% | 4.3% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,780 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns next door employ 15% of Montgomery
The biggest share goes to Wallkill (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Montgomery workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery | – | B | A− | 34 min | $92,939 |
| Crawford | under 2% | B | B− | 31 min | $134,955 |
| Newburgh | 4% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Hamptonburgh | under 2% | A− | B | 38 min | $122,250 |
| Shawangunk | 2% | B− | C | 35 min | $109,536 |
| New Windsor | 3% | B | A− | 37 min | $95,071 |
| Maybrook | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 31 min | $72,389 |
| Wallkill | 6% | B− | A− | 31 min | $96,076 |
Same-state neighbors only. Newburgh: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Montgomery’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 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: questions
What is the median household income in Montgomery?
$92,939 (±$7,390) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montgomery?
11.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montgomery?
34 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montgomery work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (14%, 62 mi), Wallkill (6%, 10 mi), Goshen (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Montgomery walkable?
Montgomery is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Montgomery without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 13% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Montgomery, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montgomery
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.