Work & commute · Montrose

Work & commute in Montrose, CO

52% of Montrose’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Grand Junction (6%), Delta (3%) and Denver (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52%

4,373 of 8,483 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,110 Montrose residents head out of town to work, 4,373 work right here, and 7,285 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montrose.

4,110live here, work elsewhere

4,373live and work here

7,285work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montrose goes to work

Montrose (in town)right here

52%4,373

Grand Junction57.4 mi away

6%501

Delta23.5 mi away

3%224

Denver182.9 mi away

2%186

Ridgway22.3 mi away

2%159

Telluride36.6 mi away

2%140

Mountain Village37.1 mi away

1%125

Durango83.2 mi away

1%107

Olathe11.8 mi away

1%105

Ouray32.1 mi away

1%89

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%2,474

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Montrose commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

57%

27%

57%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montrose is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Montrose are

11,658 jobs are based in Montrose. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Montrose’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Montrose

11,658 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Montrose residents hold

8,483 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+13%

Jobs based in Montrose, 2013 → 2023: 10,295 → 11,658. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.