Work & commute · Montague

Work & commute in Montague, MA

Most working residents leave Montague for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Greenfield (16%), Amherst Town (6%) and Northampton (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

574 of 4,098 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,524 Montague residents head out of town to work, 574 work right here, and 1,883 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montague.

3,524live here, work elsewhere

574live and work here

1,883work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montague goes to work

Greenfield5.7 mi away

16%669

Montague (in town)right here

14%574

Amherst Town13.4 mi away

6%255

Northampton17.8 mi away

5%212

Deerfield5.6 mi away

5%185

Springfield30.5 mi away

4%146

Boston78.2 mi away

3%126

Brattleboro, VT21.8 mi away

2%88

Worcester41.3 mi away

2%76

Whately10.8 mi away

2%72

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,695

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

How far

How far Montague commutes

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

42%

21%

17%

20%

42%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montague is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Montague are

2,457 jobs are based in Montague. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Montague’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Montague

2,457 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Montague residents hold

4,098 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−4%

Jobs based in Montague, 2013 → 2023: 2,558 → 2,457. 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.