Most of Montgomery Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 3% work in Montgomery Township; the top destination outside it is Marion Township (12%, 12 miles). Employers in Montgomery Township report 133 jobs; 870 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Montgomery Township is better than 14% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (B−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Montgomery Township, in brief
What’s behind Montgomery Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Montgomery Township’s grade up ($67,669, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (22.8%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (6.8%) is left out: Montgomery Township’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, Montgomery Township could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Who works in Montgomery Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 848 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Montgomery Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Montgomery Township’s working residents head each day
Where Montgomery Township clocks in
12% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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.
Making and building: 52% of jobs based in Montgomery Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montgomery Township, 2014 → 2024: 241 → 133. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Montgomery Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montgomery Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 706 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Montgomery Township, by distance
About 19% 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.
Most of Montgomery Township commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 823 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.1% of Montgomery Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Montgomery Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Montgomery Township is 4,159th of 5,148 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,157 | Oquawka Township IL | 1,571 | $55K | 13.5% | 14.7% | 11% | D |
| 4,158 | Plentywood MT | 1,619 | $68K | 14.7% | 3.3% | 59% | D |
| 4,159 | Montgomery Township OH | 2,078 | $68K | 22.8% | 6.8% | 3% | D |
| 4,160 | Mescal AZ | 1,760 | $55K | 12.4% | 3.9% | 3% | D |
| 4,161 | Privateer SC | 2,472 | $49K | 20.6% | 9.0% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Montgomery Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to La Rue (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Montgomery Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery Township | – | D | B− | 24 min | $67,669 |
| Bowling Green Township | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| La Rue | 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Big Island Township | 1% | C+ | D− | 22 min | $43,750 |
| Grand Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| New Bloomington | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Dudley Township | under 2% | C | C− | 26 min | $78,063 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bowling Green Township, La Rue, Grand Township and New Bloomington: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Montgomery Township’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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Montgomery Township?
$67,669 (±$28,890) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montgomery Township?
22.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montgomery Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montgomery Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marion Township (12%, 12 mi), Marion (11%, 12 mi), Columbus (10%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Montgomery Township walkable?
Montgomery Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Montgomery Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Montgomery Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montgomery Township
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.