Work & commute · Montrose

Work & commute in Montrose, WI

Most working residents leave Montrose for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (34%), Verona (8%) and Belleville (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 558 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 547 Montrose residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 194 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montrose.

547live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

194work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montrose goes to work

Madison13.2 mi away

34%189

Verona5.1 mi away

8%44

Belleville3.8 mi away

7%40

Mount Horeb11.2 mi away

4%25

Fitchburg7.7 mi away

4%25

Middleton13.3 mi away

4%21

Milwaukee80.4 mi away

2%11

Montrose (in town)right here

2%11

Oregon7.9 mi away

2%10

New Glarus8.5 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%173

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

How far

How far Montrose commutes

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

29%

51%

13%

29%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montrose 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 Montrose are

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

Jobs based in Montrose

205 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Montrose residents hold

558 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+51%

Jobs based in Montrose, 2013 → 2023: 136 → 205. 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.