Work & commute · Montreal

Work & commute in Montreal, WI

Most working residents leave Montreal for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hurley (29%), Ironwood (12%) and Ashland (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 369 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 367 Montreal residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montreal.

367live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montreal goes to work

Hurley1.8 mi away

29%106

Ironwood, MI4.6 mi away

12%44

Ashland31.7 mi away

5%17

Bessemer, MI9.6 mi away

4%14

Bessemer, MI15.5 mi away

4%14

Superior89.2 mi away

2%9

Carey10.2 mi away

2%9

Wakefield, MI15 mi away

2%7

Mercer20.1 mi away

2%7

Mellen21.3 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%136

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

How far

How far Montreal commutes

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

52%

13%

10%

25%

52%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montreal is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Montreal are

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

Jobs based in Montreal

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Montreal residents hold

369 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+375%

Jobs based in Montreal, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 38. 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.