Work & commute · Montello

Work & commute in Montello, WI

Most working residents leave Montello for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Montello (13%), Portage (10%) and Westfield (3%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 431 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 429 Montello residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montello.

429live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

85work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montello goes to work

Montello3.6 mi away

13%56

Portage17 mi away

10%42

Westfield14.3 mi away

3%15

Madison46.8 mi away

3%12

Westfield13.7 mi away

2%10

Ripon23 mi away

2%9

Oshkosh40.3 mi away

2%9

Sun Prairie39.7 mi away

2%8

Fond du Lac42 mi away

2%8

Pardeeville15.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%256

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

How far

How far Montello commutes

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

18%

27%

25%

30%

18%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montello is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Montello are

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

Jobs based in Montello

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Montello residents hold

431 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−61%

Jobs based in Montello, 2013 → 2023: 225 → 87. 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.