Work & commute · Montgomery

Work & commute in Montgomery, TX

Most working residents leave Montgomery for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (31%), Conroe (12%) and The Woodlands (4%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 1,194 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 1,160 Montgomery residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 1,462 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montgomery.

1,160live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

1,462work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montgomery goes to work

Houston45.7 mi away

31%368

Conroe13.4 mi away

12%142

The Woodlands18.8 mi away

4%45

Montgomery (in town)right here

3%34

Austin122.8 mi away

2%24

Willis13.1 mi away

2%19

Huntsville23 mi away

1%15

San Antonio181 mi away

1%13

Tomball20.9 mi away

1%12

Navasota23.3 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%511

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.

16%

25%

38%

21%

16%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montgomery is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Montgomery are

1,496 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

1,496 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Montgomery residents hold

1,194 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+204%

Jobs based in Montgomery, 2013 → 2023: 492 → 1,496. 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.