Photo: Mfwills · CC BY-SA 3.0Montgomery has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, Montgomery is behind 84% of U.S. towns. There are 139 jobs in Montgomery, against 469 working residents. Montgomery grades D for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Montgomery, in a few figures
Montgomery and Richford trade workers both ways
Richford is the top workplace for Montgomery residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Montgomery come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Montgomery workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 24 across Vermont. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Montgomery is a place people come home to
There are 139 jobs based in Montgomery, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Montgomery has about 900 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 469 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Montgomery: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Montgomery is better than 7% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Montgomery’s grade up (15.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (16.1%) 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 D− to C.
22% of working residents work in Richford
Where Montgomery clocks in
22% 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.
Getting to work from Montgomery takes about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montgomery workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 377 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Vermont: 82% 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 many people are in Montgomery by day
On a workday 448 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere.
About 900 people are in Montgomery on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
What Montgomery’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montgomery, 2013 → 2023: 159 → 139. 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 Montgomery’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Montgomery goes to work
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.
Few in Montgomery walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Montgomery is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Montgomery near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 449 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.5% of Montgomery households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Montgomery’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Montgomery is 4,277th among 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 529 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 679 | Cornwall VT | 1,290 | $115K | 0.8% | 7.4% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 873 | West Windsor VT | 1,355 | $109K | 3.7% | 3.4% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,275 | Clintwood VA | 1,297 | $52K | 16.8% | 2.3% | 22% | D |
| 4,276 | Thurman NY | 1,090 | $59K | 19.2% | 5.5% | 3% | D |
| 4,277 | Montgomery VT | 1,225 | $53K | 15.6% | 16.1% | 4% | D |
| 4,278 | Yellville AR | 1,095 | $38K | 15.8% | 6.2% | 15% | D |
| 4,279 | Central City IL | 1,067 | $45K | 29.1% | 7.2% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Vermont.
Next door is work for 28% of Montgomery
The biggest share goes to Richford (22%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Montgomery workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery | – | D | C+ | 37 min | $53,289 |
| Enosburgh | 6% | C | B+ | 32 min | $63,828 |
| Westfield | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Lowell | under 3% | — | — | 55 min | — |
| Richford | 22% | D− | C | 28 min | $56,853 |
| Belvidere | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Eden | under 3% | B− | C+ | 38 min | $83,578 |
| Bakersfield | under 3% | C+ | D− | 33 min | $83,462 |
Same-state neighbors only. Westfield and Belvidere: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Lowell: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Montgomery’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 Montgomery: questions
What is the median household income in Montgomery?
$53,289 (±$24,023) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montgomery?
15.6%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montgomery?
37 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montgomery work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richford (22%, 6 mi), South Burlington (6%, 41 mi), St. Albans (6%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Montgomery walkable?
Montgomery is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Montgomery without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 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.