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Work & commute in Montandon · A commuter town

99% of Montandon’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Montandon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Milton (11%), Kelly (6%) and Mahoning (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Work in town
1%
6 of 403 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
18 min
Less than PA (26 min)
Work from home
11%
Less than PA (16%)
Jobs based here
205
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Montandon?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

11% of working residents work in Milton

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

New BerlinLewisburg: 17 residents work here (4%)Mifflinburg: 15 residents work here (4%)SunburyMontoursville: 11 residents work here (3%)Milton: 43 residents work here (11%)Williamsport: 8 residents work here (2%)Philadelphia: 10 residents work here (2%)West Chillisquaque: 14 residents work here (3%)Kelly: 24 residents work here (6%)BuffaloWashingtonEast Buffalo: 10 residents work here (2%)White DeerMahoning: 22 residents work here (5%)East ChillisquaqueMontandonMiltonKellyMahoningLewisburgMifflinburgWest ChillisquaqueMontandon
1
Milton2.5 mi away
11%43
2
Kelly4.2 mi away
6%24
3
Mahoning13.2 mi away
5%22
4
Lewisburg1.9 mi away
4%17
5
Mifflinburg10.6 mi away
4%15
63%14
7
Montoursville19.7 mi away
3%11
8
Philadelphia111.9 mi away
2%10
9
East Buffalo4 mi away
2%10
10
Williamsport21.2 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%229
The top trips

Where Montandon clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

The jobs

Montandon makes things: 60% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in MontandonJobs Montandon residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms60%22%
Trade, transport & utilities31%24%
Services: health, schools, offices9%53%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less12%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%25%
Over $3,333 a month63%60%

Who does it

29 or younger20%22%
30 to 5442%48%
55 and older38%31%
+47%

Jobs based in Montandon, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 205. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
137 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Montandon18 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
11%

of Montandon workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Day and night

Montandon quiets down on a workday

On a workday 397 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 199 people come in from elsewhere.

397live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
199work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night830
Workday630
830live here− 400head out to work+ 200come in to work= 630on a workday

About 630 people are in Montandon on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.51jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Montandon commutes less than 13 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMilton: 11% · 2.5 miKelly: 6% · 4.2 miMahoning: 5% · 13.2 miLewisburg: 4% · 1.9 miMifflinburg: 4% · 10.6 miWest Chillisquaque: 3% · 0.6 miMontoursville: 3% · 19.7 miPhiladelphia: 2% · 111.9 miEast Buffalo: 2% · 4 miWilliamsport: 2% · 21.2 miMilton 11%Kelly 6%Mahoning 5%Lewisburg 4%Mifflinburg 4%Montandon
MontandonTop destinations (size = commuters)
41%Under 10 mi165 residents
28%10–24 mi112 residents
9%25–50 mi37 residents
22%Over 50 mi89 residents

About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Next door

14% of Montandon works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Milton (11%). Darker towns draw more of Montandon’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Montandon18 min
West Chillisquaque20 min
Milton23 min
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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