Work & commute · Montgomery

Work & commute in Montgomery, OH

Most working residents leave Montgomery for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (26%), Blue Ash (9%) and Mason (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

244 of 4,700 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,456 Montgomery residents head out of town to work, 244 work right here, and 9,905 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montgomery.

4,456live here, work elsewhere

244live and work here

9,905work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montgomery goes to work

Cincinnati11.4 mi away

26%1,204

Blue Ash2.1 mi away

9%405

Montgomery (in town)right here

5%244

Mason8.1 mi away

3%156

Deerfield5.9 mi away

3%155

West Chester7.1 mi away

3%150

Sharonville3.8 mi away

3%146

Kenwood3.4 mi away

2%106

Columbus88.5 mi away

2%81

Evendale4.2 mi away

2%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,973

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.

54%

33%

10%

54%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montgomery is a job hub

2.16jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Montgomery are

10,149 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

10,149 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Montgomery residents hold

4,700 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+9%

Jobs based in Montgomery, 2013 → 2023: 9,310 → 10,149. 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.