Work & commute · Montgomery

Work & commute in Montgomery, PA

Most working residents leave Montgomery for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Hagerstown (7%), Chambersburg (6%) and Antrim (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

138 of 2,422 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,284 Montgomery residents head out of town to work, 138 work right here, and 445 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montgomery.

2,284live here, work elsewhere

138live and work here

445work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montgomery goes to work

Hagerstown, MD13.2 mi away

7%181

Chambersburg16.9 mi away

6%143

Montgomery (in town)right here

6%138

Antrim12.1 mi away

5%133

Mercersburg4 mi away

4%108

Peters7.2 mi away

4%104

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, MD11.3 mi away

4%85

Greencastle9.2 mi away

3%71

Greene21.6 mi away

3%70

Guilford17.6 mi away

3%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,325

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.

26%

40%

28%

26%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montgomery is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Montgomery are

583 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

583 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Montgomery residents hold

2,422 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−37%

Jobs based in Montgomery, 2013 → 2023: 919 → 583. 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.