Montrose has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 24 minutes each way (South Dakota 18, U.S. 26). Montrose has 105 jobs for 221 working residents. Only 5% work in Montrose itself; outside it, Sioux Falls draws the most (37%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Montrose: the figures worth knowing
37% of Montrose works in Sioux Falls
82 working residents, 37%, have their main job in Sioux Falls, 25 miles away. That’s 7 times as many as work in Montrose itself. The commute map ↓
Montrose workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 24 minutes each way, against 18 across South Dakota. Over a year that’s about 184 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; with 221 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Montrose to work: where people go
Where Montrose clocks in
14% 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.
About 24 minutes each way for Montrose’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montrose workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 286 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across South Dakota: 85% 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.
How a workday changes Montrose
On a workday 210 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Montrose on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
The kinds of work in Montrose
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montrose, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 105. 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.
Short hops and long hauls 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.
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?
$78,125 (±$13,007) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montrose?
7.5%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montrose?
24 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montrose work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sioux Falls (37%, 25 mi), Salem (14%, 10 mi), Brookings (5%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Montrose without a car?
0% 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.