Photo: Rudi Riet from Washington, DC, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0There are 6.2 jobs in Monterey for every working resident, and 372 people commute in
About one in three stay in Monterey for work; outside it, Harrisonburg is the main destination (5%, 38 miles). There are 391 jobs in Monterey, against 63 working residents. Home is the office for 7% of workers, against 18% across Virginia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Monterey by day and by night
On a workday 44 residents head out to work and 19 work right here.
About 490 people are in Monterey on a workday afternoon, 202% more than live here.
6.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Monterey’s workers come from
Where Monterey clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Monterey
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monterey, 2013 → 2023: 306 → 391. 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 Monterey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Monterey: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monterey workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 56 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Monterey’s workers travel
About 30% 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 Monterey: questions
What is the median household income in Monterey?
$60,849 (±$24,331) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monterey?
10.2%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monterey?
16 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monterey work?
30% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisonburg (5%, 38 mi), Hot Springs (5%, 31 mi), Fishersville (3%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Monterey without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Monterey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monterey
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.