Work & commute · Montfort

Work & commute in Montfort, WI

Most working residents leave Montfort for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (10%), Muscoda (10%) and Dodgeville (9%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 320 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 318 Montfort residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montfort.

318live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

116work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montfort goes to work

Madison51.3 mi away

10%33

Muscoda15 mi away

10%31

Dodgeville15.3 mi away

9%29

Richland Center25.7 mi away

6%20

Boscobel18.4 mi away

4%13

Fennimore11.2 mi away

4%12

Lancaster16.2 mi away

3%9

Highland6 mi away

2%6

Spring Green23.3 mi away

2%5

Platteville16.8 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%157

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

How far

How far Montfort commutes

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

45%

16%

33%

7%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montfort 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 Montfort are

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

Jobs based in Montfort

118 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Montfort residents hold

320 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+19%

Jobs based in Montfort, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 118. 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.