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Work & commute in Montrose, IA

Most working residents leave Montrose for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Keokuk (33%), Fort Madison (16%) and Burlington (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
7 of 332 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
16 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 325 Montrose residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montrose.

325live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
87work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
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Where Montrose goes to work

HamiltonCantonMiddletownMontroseDonnellsonWest BurlingtonMount PleasantFort MadisonKeokukBurlingtonIowa CityClintonCedar RapidsSanduskyMooarKeokukFort MadisonBurlingtonWest BurlingtonCedar RapidsDonnellsonIowa CityMount PleasantMiddletownMontrose
1
Keokuk7.9 mi away
33%111
2
Fort Madison7.9 mi away
16%52
3
Burlington25.1 mi away
5%15
4
West Burlington24.3 mi away
3%11
5
Cedar Rapids100.4 mi away
3%11
6
Montrose (in town)right here
2%7
7
Donnellson11.2 mi away
2%6
8
Iowa City78.4 mi away
2%6
9
Mount Pleasant31 mi away
2%5
10
Middletown22.6 mi away
1%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%104

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.

58%Under 10 mi
14%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Montrose is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.28 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Montrose are

94 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

94 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)4%
Trade, transport & utilities6%
Services (health, schools, offices…)89%
$1,250 a month or less33%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%
Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Montrose residents hold

332 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)32%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)47%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month58%
−17%

Jobs based in Montrose, 2013 → 2023: 113 → 94. 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.

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