Work & commute · Montgomery

Work & commute in Montgomery, MN

Most working residents leave Montgomery for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are New Prague (6%), Burnsville (5%) and Le Center (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

239 of 1,755 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,516 Montgomery residents head out of town to work, 239 work right here, and 795 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montgomery.

1,516live here, work elsewhere

239live and work here

795work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montgomery goes to work

Montgomery (in town)right here

14%239

New Prague7 mi away

6%106

Burnsville26.6 mi away

5%86

Le Center8.5 mi away

5%81

Shakopee23.2 mi away

4%78

Faribault17.9 mi away

4%74

Northfield20.2 mi away

3%51

Bloomington29.6 mi away

3%46

Minneapolis38.9 mi away

3%46

Le Sueur16 mi away

3%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%904

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

How far

How far Montgomery commutes

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

29%

35%

29%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montgomery is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Montgomery are

1,034 jobs are based in Montgomery. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Montgomery’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Montgomery

1,034 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Montgomery residents hold

1,755 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+6%

Jobs based in Montgomery, 2013 → 2023: 975 → 1,034. 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.