Work & commute · Montour

Work & commute in Montour, PA

Most working residents leave Montour for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mahoning (17%), Bloomsburg (13%) and South Centre (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 544 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 533 Montour residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 443 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montour.

533live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

443work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montour goes to work

Mahoning4.7 mi away

17%91

Bloomsburg3.6 mi away

13%71

South Centre9.1 mi away

6%31

Hemlock3.5 mi away

6%30

Scott6.2 mi away

5%26

Danville5.3 mi away

2%13

Philadelphia98.3 mi away

2%12

Montour (in town)right here

2%11

Salem19.4 mi away

2%10

Berwick14.7 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%241

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

How far

How far Montour commutes

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

55%

17%

19%

55%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montour is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Montour are

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

Jobs based in Montour

454 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Montour residents hold

544 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+43%

Jobs based in Montour, 2013 → 2023: 317 → 454. 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.