Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Montrose commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
737 jobs are based in Montrose for 1,301 working residents. Only 5% stay in Montrose for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (27%, 40 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 31 minutes, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Montrose
How far it is to work from Montrose
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.
How many people are in Montrose by day
On a workday 1,235 residents head out to work, 66 work right here, and 671 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Montrose on a workday afternoon, 15% 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.
Where Montrose’s working residents head each day
Where Montrose clocks in
27% of workers
19% 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.
68% of the jobs in Montrose pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montrose, 2013 → 2023: 821 → 737. 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 Montrose’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Montrose: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montrose workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,667 commuters (the 16% 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.
Montrose and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Montrose workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montrose | – | — | — | 31 min | $145,320 |
| Buchanan | under 1% | A+ | A− | 33 min | $128,218 |
| Verplanck | under 1% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Crugers | under 1% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Stony Point | under 1% | A− | B+ | 35 min | $126,958 |
Same-state neighbors only. Verplanck and Crugers: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Montrose’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 Montrose: questions
What is the median household income in Montrose?
$145,320 (±$21,718) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montrose?
6.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montrose?
31 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montrose work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (27%, 40 mi), Cortlandt (19%, 2 mi), Ossining (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Montrose without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Montrose, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montrose
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.