Work and Jobs in Montrose, Iowa (IA) Detailed Stats
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According to 2023 data, the most common industries in Montrose are: Manufacturing (30.4% of civilian employees), Health care & social assistance (12.9% of civilian employees), Other services, except public administration (12.5% of civilian employees). 93.0% of workers work in Lee County and 3.3% of all workers work at home. 70.7% of workers are employees of private companies, which is 6.3% greater than the rate of 66.2% across the entire state of Iowa.
Whole page based on the data from 2000 / 2023 when the population of Montrose, Iowa was 957 / 690
Whole page based on the data from 2000 / 2023 when the population of Montrose, Iowa was 957 / 690
Most common industries






Most common industries | Most common industries | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Industry | All | Males | Females | All | Males | Females |
Manufacturing | 30.4% (97) | 48.4% (86) | 7.8% (11) | 33.3% (145) | 41.1% (97) | 24.1% (48) |
Health care and social assistance | 12.9% (41) | 1.7% (3) | 26.9% (38) | 15.9% (69) | 3.8% (9) | 30.2% (60) |
Other services, except public administration | 12.5% (40) | 11.3% (20) | 14.2% (20) | 2.1% (9) | 2.1% (5) | 2.0% (4) |
Educational services | 8.2% (26) | 5.1% (9) | 12.0% (17) | 5.7% (25) | 3.4% (8) | 8.5% (17) |
Retail trade | 7.2% (23) | 5.6% (10) | 9.2% (13) | 9.4% (41) | 8.9% (21) | 10.1% (20) |
Public administration | 6.0% (19) | 3.9% (7) | 8.5% (12) | 7.6% (33) | 7.6% (18) | 7.5% (15) |
Transportation and warehousing | 5.0% (16) | 9.0% (16) | 0.0% (0) | 5.1% (22) | 9.3% (22) | 0.0% (0) |
Finance and insurance | 5.0% (16) | 0.0% (0) | 11.3% (16) | 3.0% (13) | 0.0% (0) | 6.5% (13) |
Construction | 4.4% (14) | 7.9% (14) | 0.0% (0) | 5.7% (25) | 10.6% (25) | 0.0% (0) |
Accommodation and food services | 2.8% (9) | 0.0% (0) | 6.4% (9) | 5.3% (23) | 4.7% (11) | 6.0% (12) |
Administrative and support and waste management services | 1.3% (4) | 1.1% (2) | 1.4% (2) | 1.8% (8) | 3.4% (8) | 0.0% (0) |
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 0.9% (3) | 1.7% (3) | 0.0% (0) | 0.5% (2) | 0.8% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 0.6% (2) | 1.1% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 0.2% (1) | 0.4% (1) | 0.0% (0) |
Professional, scientific, and technical services | 0.6% (2) | 1.1% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 0.0% (0) | 0.0% (0) | 0.0% (0) |
Wholesale trade | 0.3% (1) | 0.0% (0) | 0.7% (1) | 1.1% (5) | 2.1% (5) | 0.0% (0) |
Utilities | 0.3% (1) | 0.6% (1) | 0.0% (0) | 0.7% (3) | 1.3% (3) | 0.0% (0) |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 0.3% (1) | 0.6% (1) | 0.0% (0) | 0.5% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 1.0% (2) |
Information | 0.0% (0) | 0.0% (0) | 0.0% (0) | 1.4% (6) | 0.0% (0) | 3.0% (6) |
Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 0.0% (0) | 0.0% (0) | 0.0% (0) | 0.7% (3) | 0.4% (1) | 1.0% (2) |
Unemployment in Montrose
- Unemployment by race in 2023
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 2.3%Males
- 1.5%Females
- Unemployment by race in 2000
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 5.9%Males
- 3.6%Females
Time leaving home to go to work

12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.:
Montrose: | 5.2% (15) |
Iowa: | 5.1% (73,771) |
5:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.:
Montrose: | 3.1% (9) |
Iowa: | 4.1% (59,240) |
5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.:
Montrose: | 9.4% (28) |
Iowa: | 5.8% (83,860) |
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.:
Montrose: | 8.1% (24) |
Iowa: | 8.4% (123,030) |
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.:
Montrose: | 18.8% (55) |
Iowa: | 11.1% (161,378) |
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.:
Montrose: | 29.9% (88) |
Iowa: | 15.5% (225,257) |
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.:
Montrose: | 9.5% (28) |
Iowa: | 15.4% (225,171) |
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.:
Montrose: | 5.7% (17) |
Iowa: | 8.9% (130,211) |
8:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.:
Montrose: | 0.7% (2) |
Iowa: | 3.8% (55,603) |
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.:
Montrose: | 1.4% (4) |
Iowa: | 4.3% (62,512) |
12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.:
Montrose: | 6.8% (20) |
Iowa: | 7.1% (103,391) |
4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.:
Montrose: | 1.1% (3) |
Iowa: | 7.0% (102,512) |

<5am:
Montrose: | 5.0% (22) |
Iowa: | 3.2% (47,736) |
5:30am:
Montrose: | 4.1% (18) |
Iowa: | 2.9% (42,797) |
6am:
Montrose: | 4.1% (18) |
Iowa: | 4.6% (68,195) |
6:30am:
Montrose: | 11.7% (51) |
Iowa: | 7.5% (110,529) |
7am:
Montrose: | 6.2% (27) |
Iowa: | 11.2% (164,470) |
7:30am:
Montrose: | 7.3% (32) |
Iowa: | 14.2% (208,547) |
8am:
Montrose: | 15.6% (68) |
Iowa: | 17.7% (260,172) |
8:30am:
Montrose: | 5.5% (24) |
Iowa: | 8.3% (121,843) |
9am:
Montrose: | 2.1% (9) |
Iowa: | 3.6% (53,363) |
10am:
Montrose: | 0.7% (3) |
Iowa: | 3.6% (53,533) |
11am:
Montrose: | 1.1% (5) |
Iowa: | 1.7% (25,691) |
4pm:
Montrose: | 17.4% (76) |
Iowa: | 8.0% (117,038) |
>4pm:
Montrose: | 16.9% (74) |
Iowa: | 7.7% (112,601) |

12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m. - Males:
Montrose: | 2.9% (5) |
Iowa: | 6.3% (48,544) |
5:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m. - Males:
Montrose: | 5.3% (9) |
Iowa: | 5.1% (39,266) |
5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m. - Males:
Montrose: | 13.9% (23) |
Iowa: | 6.9% (53,012) |
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m. - Males:
Montrose: | 10.2% (17) |
Iowa: | 10.4% (80,668) |
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m. - Males:
Montrose: | 18.6% (31) |
Iowa: | 11.9% (92,256) |
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m. - Males:
Montrose: | 26.3% (44) |
Iowa: | 14.8% (114,192) |
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m. - Males:
Montrose: | 6.4% (11) |
Iowa: | 12.4% (95,978) |
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m. - Males:
Montrose: | 4.8% (8) |
Iowa: | 8.3% (64,461) |
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m. - Males:
Montrose: | 1.3% (2) |
Iowa: | 3.8% (29,312) |
12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m. - Males:
Montrose: | 7.9% (13) |
Iowa: | 6.9% (53,346) |
4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. - Males:
Montrose: | 1.9% (3) |
Iowa: | 7.5% (57,666) |

12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m. - Females:
Montrose: | 9.2% (12) |
Iowa: | 3.7% (25,227) |
5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m. - Females:
Montrose: | 3.3% (4) |
Iowa: | 4.5% (30,848) |
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m. - Females:
Montrose: | 5.5% (7) |
Iowa: | 6.2% (42,362) |
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m. - Females:
Montrose: | 19.2% (24) |
Iowa: | 10.1% (69,122) |
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m. - Females:
Montrose: | 34.7% (44) |
Iowa: | 16.2% (111,065) |
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m. - Females:
Montrose: | 13.8% (17) |
Iowa: | 18.9% (129,193) |
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m. - Females:
Montrose: | 7.0% (9) |
Iowa: | 9.6% (65,750) |
8:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m. - Females:
Montrose: | 1.7% (2) |
Iowa: | 4.6% (31,172) |
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m. - Females:
Montrose: | 1.5% (2) |
Iowa: | 4.9% (33,200) |
12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m. - Females:
Montrose: | 5.3% (7) |
Iowa: | 7.3% (50,045) |
Travel time to work
Percentage of workers working in this county: 93.0%
Number of people working at home: 10 (3.3% of all workers)
Number of people working at home: 10 (3.3% of all workers)


Less than 5 minutes:
Montrose: | 3.4% (15) |
Iowa: | 6.8% (100,616) |
5 to 9 minutes:
Montrose: | 3.4% (15) |
Iowa: | 18.5% (271,589) |
10 to 14 minutes:
Montrose: | 25.6% (112) |
Iowa: | 19.3% (283,804) |
15 to 19 minutes:
Montrose: | 26.5% (116) |
Iowa: | 16.0% (234,745) |
20 to 24 minutes:
Montrose: | 15.1% (66) |
Iowa: | 12.5% (183,539) |
25 to 29 minutes:
Montrose: | 11.0% (48) |
Iowa: | 4.6% (67,775) |
30 to 34 minutes:
Montrose: | 4.8% (21) |
Iowa: | 7.6% (111,454) |
35 to 39 minutes:
Montrose: | 0.2% (1) |
Iowa: | 1.5% (22,220) |
40 to 44 minutes:
Montrose: | 2.5% (11) |
Iowa: | 1.7% (24,880) |
45 to 59 minutes:
Montrose: | 2.5% (11) |
Iowa: | 3.4% (49,913) |
90 or more minutes:
Montrose: | 2.5% (11) |
Iowa: | 1.4% (20,741) |
Means of transportation to work
Drove car alone:
Montrose: | 87.0% (380) |
Iowa: | 78.6% (1,155,008) |
Carpooled:
Montrose: | 9.4% (41) |
Iowa: | 10.8% (158,699) |
Walked:
Montrose: | 1.4% (6) |
Iowa: | 4.0% (58,088) |
Private vehicle occupancy

Drove alone:
Montrose: | 97.4% (267) |
Iowa: | 90.3% (1,241,020) |
In 2 person carpool:
Montrose: | 0.8% (2) |
Iowa: | 7.3% (100,340) |
In 3 person carpool:
Montrose: | 1.5% (4) |
Iowa: | 1.4% (19,303) |

Drove alone:
Montrose: | 90.3% (380) |
Iowa: | 87.9% (1,155,008) |
In 2 person carpool:
Montrose: | 8.8% (37) |
Iowa: | 9.8% (128,891) |
In 3 person carpool:
Montrose: | 1.0% (4) |
Iowa: | 1.4% (18,510) |
Class of workers
Employee of private company:
Montrose: | 70.7% (225) |
Iowa: | 66.2% (1,095,771) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
Montrose: | 0.6% (2) |
Iowa: | 3.6% (60,158) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
Montrose: | 4.8% (15) |
Iowa: | 8.7% (144,397) |
Local government workers:
Montrose: | 11.1% (36) |
Iowa: | 7.7% (128,087) |
State government workers:
Montrose: | 1.9% (6) |
Iowa: | 5.1% (84,862) |
Federal government workers:
Montrose: | 2.5% (8) |
Iowa: | 1.9% (31,702) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
Montrose: | 8.3% (26) |
Iowa: | 6.4% (106,068) |
Employee of private company:
Montrose: | 74.3% (323) |
Iowa: | 66.6% (992,122) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
Montrose: | 0.5% (2) |
Iowa: | 3.0% (44,330) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
Montrose: | 8.3% (36) |
Iowa: | 8.2% (121,940) |
Local government workers:
Montrose: | 6.7% (29) |
Iowa: | 6.1% (90,430) |
State government workers:
Montrose: | 6.4% (28) |
Iowa: | 5.8% (85,726) |
Federal government workers:
Montrose: | 0.5% (2) |
Iowa: | 1.8% (27,176) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
Montrose: | 3.4% (15) |
Iowa: | 8.2% (121,579) |
Employee of private company - Males:
Montrose: | 78.9% (140) |
Iowa: | 70.8% (611,631) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
Montrose: | 1.1% (2) |
Iowa: | 4.9% (42,285) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
Montrose: | 3.4% (6) |
Iowa: | 4.9% (42,070) |
Local government workers - Males:
Montrose: | 6.3% (11) |
Iowa: | 5.3% (45,845) |
State government workers - Males:
Montrose: | 2.9% (5) |
Iowa: | 4.3% (37,539) |
Federal government workers - Males:
Montrose: | 2.9% (5) |
Iowa: | 1.9% (16,496) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
Montrose: | 4.6% (8) |
Iowa: | 7.7% (66,349) |
Employee of private company - Females:
Montrose: | 60.4% (85) |
Iowa: | 61.3% (484,140) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
Montrose: | 6.5% (9) |
Iowa: | 12.9% (102,327) |
Local government workers - Females:
Montrose: | 17.3% (24) |
Iowa: | 10.4% (82,242) |
State government workers - Females:
Montrose: | 0.7% (1) |
Iowa: | 6.0% (47,323) |
Federal government workers - Females:
Montrose: | 2.2% (3) |
Iowa: | 1.9% (15,206) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
Montrose: | 12.9% (18) |
Iowa: | 5.0% (39,719) |