Photo: Maxmod11 · CC BY-SA 4.0Monticello has higher unemployment (8.6%) than 91% of U.S. towns
About one in five stay in Monticello for work; outside it, Thompson is the main destination (33%, 1 miles). Jobs and income earn Monticello D; getting around on foot earns it A. Household incomes here are lower than in 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Monticello and work: the main findings
Commutes from Monticello are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Monticello is where the jobs are
Monticello has 6,248 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 11,000 people are in town, 48% more than the 7,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Monticello and Thompson trade workers both ways
Thompson is the top workplace for Monticello residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Monticello come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Monticello is services
90% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 1% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Monticello has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Monticello went from 4,348 in 2013 to 6,248 in 2023, +44%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Monticello’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Monticello is better than 8% of U.S. towns, #743 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds Monticello’s grade up (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (29.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Monticello could be anywhere from D− to C+.
The trip to work from Monticello: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monticello workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,918 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.
The daily commute in and out of Monticello
On a workday 2,261 residents head out to work, 536 work right here, and 5,712 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Monticello on a workday afternoon, 48% more than live here.
2.2 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.
The daily trip into Monticello
Where Monticello clocks in
33% of workers
14% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Monticello
6,248 jobs are based in Monticello.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monticello, 2013 → 2023: 4,348 → 6,248. 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 Monticello’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Monticello goes to work
About 32% 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.
Monticello is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Monticello is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns, #118 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Monticello 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 3,171 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 76% 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). 23.8% of Monticello households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Monticello’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Monticello compares with U.S. towns of 5,000 to 9,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 16 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,052 | Donaldsonville LA | 7,094 | $24K | 44.8% | 13.4% | 16% | D |
| 3,053 | Benson AZ | 5,532 | $49K | 12.1% | 8.7% | 25% | D |
| 3,054 | Monticello NY | 7,195 | $51K | 29.7% | 8.6% | 19% | D |
| 3,055 | Orange MA | 7,569 | $56K | 22.4% | 8.6% | 12% | D |
| 3,056 | Homeland Park SC | 6,632 | $40K | 36.2% | 15.3% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,205 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Monticello, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns around Monticello
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Monticello workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monticello | – | D | A | 22 min | $50,583 |
| Bridgeville | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bridgeville: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Monticello’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 Monticello: questions
What is the median household income in Monticello?
$50,583 (±$13,789) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monticello?
29.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monticello?
22 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 Monticello work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thompson (33%, 1 mi), New York City (14%, 79 mi), Fallsburg (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Monticello walkable?
Monticello is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.4 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Monticello without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Monticello, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monticello
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.