Montague County Courthouse and Jail · Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Montague has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, where Texas as a whole has 14%. There are 25 jobs in Montague, and 116 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Montague itself; outside it, Bowie draws the most (7%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Montague
On a workday 116 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 98 people are in Montague on a workday afternoon, 48% 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.
Out of Montague to work: where people go
Where Montague clocks in
7% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Montague: what the 25 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montague, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 25. 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 Montague’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way for Montague’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montague workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 43 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Montague
About 57% 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.
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 Montague: questions
What is the median household income in Montague?
$55,595 (±$19,939) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montague?
28.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montague?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montague work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bowie (7%, 10 mi), Fort Worth (7%, 65 mi), Grapevine (6%, 63 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Montague without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Montague, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montague
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.