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Jobs & commute in Camrose Colony

For more than half of its working residents, Camrose Colony is a commute to Shelby

0% of workers work from home (Montana 12%). Hardly any work in Camrose Colony itself; outside it, Shelby draws the most (54%, 18 miles). Camrose Colony has 68 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Camrose Colony

On a workday 68 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

68live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night130
Workday58
130live here− 68head out to work+ 0come in to work= 58on a workday

About 58 people are in Camrose Colony on a workday afternoon, 54% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.

The commute map

Out of Camrose Colony to work: where people go

Cut Bank: 1 residents work here (1%)Conrad: 1 residents work here (1%)Sunburst: 2 residents work here (3%)Columbia Falls: 1 residents work here (1%)Havre: 1 residents work here (1%)Polson: 1 residents work here (1%)Shelby: 37 residents work here (54%)Helena: 1 residents work here (1%)Great Falls: 3 residents work here (4%)Billings: 3 residents work here (4%)Camrose ColonyShelbyGreat FallsBillingsSunburstCut BankConradCamrose Colony
1
Shelby17.5 mi away
54%37
2
Great Falls57.7 mi away
4%3
3
Billings226.1 mi away
4%3
4
Sunburst41 mi away
3%2
5
Cut Bank39.7 mi away
1%1
6
Conrad18.1 mi away
1%1
7
Columbia Falls118.6 mi away
1%1
8
Havre90.1 mi away
1%1
9
Polson124.6 mi away
1%1
10
Helena120.1 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
25%17
The top trips

Where Camrose Colony clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Camrose Colony

Working from home
0%

of Camrose Colony workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Camrose Colony gets to work
100%Walk

Share of the 66 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Montana: 81% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

How far Camrose Colony’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miShelby: 54% · 17.5 miGreat Falls: 4% · 57.7 miBillings: 4% · 226.1 miSunburst: 3% · 41 miCut Bank: 1% · 39.7 miConrad: 1% · 18.1 miColumbia Falls: 1% · 118.6 miHavre: 1% · 90.1 miPolson: 1% · 124.6 miHelena: 1% · 120.1 miShelby 54%Great Falls 4%Billings 4%Sunburst 3%Cut Bank 1%Camrose Colony
Camrose ColonyTop destinations (size = commuters)
1%Under 10 mi1 residents
64%10–24 mi43 residents
9%25–50 mi6 residents
25%Over 50 mi17 residents

About 25% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Camrose Colony: questions

What is the poverty rate in Camrose Colony?

71.4%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Camrose Colony work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Camrose Colony without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Camrose Colony, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Camrose Colony

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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.