James Delos Hill House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Montpelier earn less than those in 95% of U.S. towns
15.7% of residents are in poverty, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. Montpelier grades D for jobs and income and B− for walkability. For 2% of workers, the job is at home (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Montpelier in brief
Montpelier makes and builds things
60% of the jobs based in Montpelier are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Montpelier residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 46%. The jobs ↓
Montpelier trades workers with the towns around it
Montpelier has about as many jobs (1,964) as working residents (1,894), but they are mostly different people: 1,498 residents leave for work each day while 1,568 people come in. Only 20% of the jobs in Montpelier are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Few Montpelier workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
How Montpelier earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Montpelier is better than 14% of U.S. towns, #931 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Montpelier’s grade up (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($41,269, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Montpelier could be anywhere from D to B−.
A place that makes things: 60% of Montpelier’s jobs are in goods
1,964 jobs are based in Montpelier.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montpelier, 2013 → 2023: 1,781 → 1,964. 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 Montpelier’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Montpelier
On a workday 1,498 residents head out to work, 396 work right here, and 1,568 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 (1.04 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
From Montpelier, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montpelier workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,520 commuters (the 2% 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.
14% of working residents work in Bryan
Where Montpelier clocks in
14% of workers
8% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Montpelier
About 18% 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.
The commute in Montpelier is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Montpelier is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #377 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,548 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). 10.6% of Montpelier households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Montpelier’s commuters take a bus or train.
Montpelier next to U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200: 3,715th of 4,264 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,713 | Eveleth MN | 3,381 | $51K | 14.8% | 5.7% | 11% | D |
| 3,714 | North Wilkesboro NC | 4,369 | $38K | 23.8% | 4.8% | 15% | D |
| 3,715 | Montpelier OH | 3,884 | $41K | 15.7% | 5.8% | 21% | D |
| 3,716 | Maynardville TN | 2,723 | $46K | 21.7% | 6.4% | 9% | D |
| 3,717 | Pine Mountain Club CA | 2,838 | $69K | 10.3% | 9.9% | 6% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Montpelier, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Montpelier compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Montpelier workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montpelier | – | D | B− | 20 min | $41,269 |
| Superior Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 28 min | $67,222 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | B | D− | 16 min | $73,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Montpelier’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 Montpelier: questions
What is the median household income in Montpelier?
$41,269 (±$5,512) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montpelier?
15.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montpelier?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montpelier work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bryan (14%, 8 mi), Holiday City (8%, 4 mi), West Unity (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Montpelier walkable?
Montpelier is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Montpelier without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Montpelier, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montpelier
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.