Work & commute · Montrose

Work & commute in Montrose, VA

Most working residents leave Montrose for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (25%), Mechanicsville (4%) and Sandston (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 3,626 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 3,584 Montrose residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 1,305 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montrose.

3,584live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

1,305work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montrose goes to work

Richmond5.6 mi away

25%906

Mechanicsville7.6 mi away

4%155

Sandston3.4 mi away

4%139

Laurel10.8 mi away

2%78

Innsbrook14.3 mi away

2%77

Manchester9.5 mi away

2%61

Short Pump16.4 mi away

2%57

Tuckahoe12.6 mi away

1%47

Montrose (in town)right here

1%42

Highland Springs3.3 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%2,030

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

How far

How far Montrose commutes

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

55%

27%

16%

55%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montrose is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Montrose are

1,347 jobs are based in Montrose. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Montrose’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Montrose

1,347 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Montrose residents hold

3,626 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−1%

Jobs based in Montrose, 2013 → 2023: 1,363 → 1,347. 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.