Photo: Dincher · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Montgomery works elsewhere
Only 1% work in Montgomery itself; outside it, Clinton Township draws the most (14%, 2 miles). Employers in Montgomery report 115 jobs, and 520 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Montgomery is better than 57% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Montgomery stands out on work
Montgomery is a place people come home to
There are 115 jobs based in Montgomery, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Montgomery has about 1,100 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 520 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Montgomery’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate holds Montgomery’s grade up (5.3%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($63,936, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (6.4%) is left out: Montgomery’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 could be anywhere from B− to B+.
Montgomery on a workday afternoon
On a workday 514 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Montgomery on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Miles to work from Montgomery
About 35% 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 places Montgomery commutes to
Where Montgomery clocks in
14% of workers
10% of workers
3% 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.
What Montgomery’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montgomery, 2014 → 2024: 165 → 115. 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.
Montgomery’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montgomery workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 593 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Getting around Montgomery: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 654 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). 4.3% of Montgomery households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Montgomery’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,746th of 5,794: where Montgomery ranks among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,744 | Mendon VT | 1,167 | $101K | 8.2% | 1.9% | 4% | B |
| 1,745 | Eau Galle WI | 1,256 | $91K | 11.0% | 0.5% | <1% | B |
| 1,746 | Montgomery PA | 1,538 | $64K | 5.3% | 6.4% | 1% | B |
| 1,747 | Lake Nebagamon WI | 1,134 | $79K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 2% | B |
| 1,748 | Madison Township IN | 1,728 | $84K | 9.1% | 8.3% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Pennsylvania.
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?
$63,936 (±$4,374) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montgomery?
5.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montgomery?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montgomery work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clinton Township (14%, 2 mi), Williamsport (10%, 10 mi), Loyalsock Township (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Montgomery walkable?
Montgomery is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Montgomery without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.