There are 2.3 jobs in Belknap for every working resident, and 74 people commute in
Only 3% stay in Belknap for work; outside it, Thompson Falls is the main destination (28%, 5 miles). Employers in Belknap report 75 jobs, and 32 of its residents work somewhere. For 100% of workers, the job is at home (Montana 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Belknap
On a workday 31 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 75 people are in Belknap on a workday afternoon, 134% more than live here.
2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Belknap’s workers come from
Where Belknap clocks in
28% of workers
9% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Belknap
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belknap, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 75. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Belknap’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Belknap
of Belknap workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Belknap works
About 38% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Belknap: questions
What is the poverty rate in Belknap?
100.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Belknap work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thompson Falls (28%, 5 mi), Great Falls (9%, 192 mi), Helena (6%, 176 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Belknap, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belknap
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.