Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Montfort has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
The trip to work takes 29 minutes on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. There are 115 jobs in Montfort, against 326 working residents. Only 2% stay in Montfort for work; outside it, Muscoda is the main destination (11%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Montfort in brief
A big share show a job far from home
31% 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 ↓
Montfort workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 54 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 326 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Miles to work from Montfort
About 31% 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 trip to work from Montfort: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montfort workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 277 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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 Montfort by day
On a workday 321 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Montfort on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Where people from Montfort work
Where Montfort clocks in
8% 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 Montfort’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montfort, 2014 → 2024: 85 → 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 Montfort’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns around Montfort
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Montfort workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montfort | – | — | — | 29 min | $90,000 |
| Eden | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Wingville | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Eden: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Wingville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Montfort’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 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 Montfort: questions
What is the median household income in Montfort?
$90,000 (±$23,788) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montfort?
12.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montfort?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montfort work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muscoda (11%, 15 mi), Dodgeville (8%, 15 mi), Richland Center (7%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Montfort without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Montfort, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montfort
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.