Work & commute · Montague

Work & commute in Montague, NJ

Most working residents leave Montague for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (6%), Newton (3%) and Sparta (3%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

72 of 1,623 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 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 1,551 Montague residents head out of town to work, 72 work right here, and 265 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montague.

1,551live here, work elsewhere

72live and work here

265work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montague goes to work

New York, NY59.4 mi away

6%94

Montague (in town)right here

4%72

Newton15.9 mi away

3%49

Sparta16.7 mi away

3%49

Wantage5.4 mi away

3%42

Hampton13.4 mi away

2%31

Westfall, PA7.7 mi away

2%31

Newark48.2 mi away

2%29

Parsippany-Troy Hills33.2 mi away

2%29

Frankford8.1 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

72%1,169

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.

15%

24%

35%

26%

15%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montague is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Montague are

337 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

337 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Montague residents hold

1,623 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−48%

Jobs based in Montague, 2013 → 2023: 645 → 337. 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.