Work & commute · Montrose

Work & commute in Montrose, MI

Most working residents leave Montrose for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Flint (8%), Flint (7%) and Saginaw (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 676 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 647 Montrose residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 392 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montrose.

647live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

392work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montrose goes to work

Flint14.6 mi away

8%54

Flint13.5 mi away

7%47

Montrose (in town)right here

4%29

Saginaw20 mi away

4%28

Montrose1.2 mi away

3%21

Warren64.5 mi away

3%20

Lansing46.5 mi away

3%19

Saginaw17 mi away

3%18

Grand Blanc22.3 mi away

3%18

Vienna6.7 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%406

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.

13%

40%

20%

26%

13%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montrose is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Montrose are

421 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

421 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Montrose residents hold

676 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−12%

Jobs based in Montrose, 2011 → 2021: 477 → 421. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.