Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Montreal works elsewhere
Montreal has 26 jobs; 353 of its residents have a job. Working residents average 20 minutes each way; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26. For 5% of workers, the job is at home (Wisconsin 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Montreal apart on work
Montreal and Hurley trade workers both ways
Hurley is the top workplace for Montreal residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Montreal come from (31% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Montreal is a place people come home to
There are 26 jobs based in Montreal, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Montreal has about 440 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Many Montreal workers cross into Michigan
47% of Montreal workers work outside Wisconsin, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Ironwood (12%), Bessemer (4%) and Bessemer Township (4%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
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 353 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
32% of working residents work in Hurley
Where Montreal clocks in
32% of workers
12% 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.
Who commutes out of Montreal, and who commutes in
On a workday 351 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Montreal on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
Montreal is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montreal, 2014 → 2024: 22 → 26. 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 Montreal’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Montreal: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montreal workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 470 commuters (the 5% 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.
Montreal’s commute, mile by mile
About 25% 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.
32% of Montreal works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Montreal workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal | – | — | — | 20 min | $66,364 |
| Pence | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Hurley | 32% | D | A− | 18 min | $47,083 |
| Carey | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pence and Carey: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hurley. Darker towns draw more of Montreal’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 Montreal: questions
What is the median household income in Montreal?
$66,364 (±$12,249) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montreal?
14.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montreal?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montreal work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hurley (32%, 2 mi), Ironwood (12%, 5 mi), Ashland (6%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Montreal 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 Montreal, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montreal
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.