Work & commute · Monterey

Work & commute in Monterey, VA

About one in 3 of Monterey’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Harrisonburg (5%), Hot Springs (5%) and Fishersville (3%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

19 of 63 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 44 Monterey residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 372 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monterey.

44live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

372work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monterey goes to work

Monterey (in town)right here

30%19

Harrisonburg38.3 mi away

5%3

Hot Springs31.3 mi away

5%3

Fishersville38.7 mi away

3%2

Stuarts Draft40.2 mi away

3%2

Middletown, NY344.3 mi away

2%1

Wayne, OH287.1 mi away

2%1

Dayton34.6 mi away

2%1

Bridgewater33.4 mi away

2%1

Radford104 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%29

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

How far

How far Monterey commutes

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

37%

30%

37%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monterey is a job hub

6.21jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monterey are

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

Jobs based in Monterey

391 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Monterey residents hold

63 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+28%

Jobs based in Monterey, 2013 → 2023: 306 → 391. 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.