Paoli Mills · Photo: James Steakley · CC BY-SA 3.0Montrose has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
There are 205 jobs in Montrose for 558 working residents. The two grades for Montrose are A for jobs and income and B for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Montrose
Montrose and Madison trade workers both ways
Madison is the top workplace for Montrose residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Montrose come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Montrose
21% of Montrose workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Time on the road ↓
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 558 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Montrose earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Montrose is better than 93% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 67% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: Montrose’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, Montrose could be anywhere from A− to A+.
34% of working residents work in Madison
Where Montrose clocks in
34% of workers
7% 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.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Montrose
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montrose workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 426 commuters (the 21% 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.
A workday in Montrose: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 547 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 194 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Montrose on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Montrose makes things: 47% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montrose, 2013 → 2023: 136 → 205. 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 Montrose’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Montrose works
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.
In Montrose, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Montrose is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 542 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). 0.5% of Montrose households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Montrose’s commuters take a bus or train.
Montrose next to U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400: 100th of 3,133 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 17 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 28 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 67 | Kaukauna WI | 1,295 | $122K | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 98 | Williston Township ND | 1,116 | $250K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| 99 | Dale Township IL | 1,232 | $133K | 3.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 100 | Montrose WI | 1,024 | $102K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A |
| 101 | Oxford Township MN | 1,019 | $119K | 2.9% | 6.1% | 1% | A |
| 102 | Jefferson Township SD | 1,207 | $196K | 2.0% | 3.6% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Montrose, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work in the towns next to Montrose
The biggest share goes to Belleville (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Montrose workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montrose | – | A | B | 25 min | $102,000 |
| Belleville | 7% | A | C− | 25 min | $88,304 |
| Oregon | under 2% | A+ | D | 28 min | $150,536 |
| Primrose | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Verona | under 2% | A+ | B | 18 min | $150,000 |
| Exeter | under 2% | A | D | 27 min | $114,688 |
Same-state neighbors only. Primrose: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Montrose’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 Montrose: questions
What is the median household income in Montrose?
$102,000 (±$22,347) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montrose?
1.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montrose?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montrose work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (34%, 13 mi), Verona (8%, 5 mi), Belleville (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Montrose walkable?
Montrose is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Montrose without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Montrose, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montrose
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.