Work & commute · Montross

Work & commute in Montross, VA

Most working residents leave Montross for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (5%), Fredericksburg (5%) and Virginia Beach (3%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 166 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 151 Montross residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 662 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montross.

151live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

662work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montross goes to work

Montross (in town)right here

9%15

Washington, DC57.1 mi away

5%9

Fredericksburg39.1 mi away

5%9

Virginia Beach100.5 mi away

3%5

Richmond52.9 mi away

3%5

Colonial Beach15.2 mi away

2%3

Warsaw9.6 mi away

2%3

Alexandria52.2 mi away

2%3

Ashland42.5 mi away

1%2

Portsmouth88.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%110

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

How far

How far Montross commutes

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

18%

19%

21%

41%

18%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montross is a job hub

4.08jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Montross are

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

Jobs based in Montross

677 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Montross residents hold

166 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−12%

Jobs based in Montross, 2013 → 2023: 772 → 677. 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.