Work & commute · Montello

Work & commute in Montello, WI

Most working residents leave Montello for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Portage (12%), Madison (4%) and Westfield (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

94 of 528 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 434 Montello residents head out of town to work, 94 work right here, and 785 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montello.

434live here, work elsewhere

94live and work here

785work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montello goes to work

Montello (in town)right here

18%94

Portage18.2 mi away

12%64

Madison49.1 mi away

4%21

Westfield10.8 mi away

4%19

Milwaukee85.2 mi away

3%15

DeForest39 mi away

1%7

Sun Prairie42.5 mi away

1%7

Oshkosh41.5 mi away

1%7

Montello3.6 mi away

1%7

Berlin22.6 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%281

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.

27%

24%

22%

28%

27%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montello is a job hub

1.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Montello are

879 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

879 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Montello residents hold

528 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+4%

Jobs based in Montello, 2013 → 2023: 842 → 879. 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.