For more than half of its working residents, Cascade Colony is a commute to Great Falls
0% of workers have no commute at all; Montana has 12%. Hardly any work in Cascade Colony itself; outside it, Great Falls draws the most (60%, 25 miles). Cascade Colony has 30 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
Who leaves Cascade Colony for work, and who comes in
On a workday 30 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14 people are in Cascade Colony on a workday afternoon, 68% fewer than live here.
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.
Out of Cascade Colony to work: where people go
Where Cascade Colony clocks in
60% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
Working from home in Cascade Colony
of Cascade Colony workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18 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 many miles Cascade Colony commutes
About 23% 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 Cascade Colony: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cascade Colony?
100.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cascade Colony work?
0% work in town.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cascade Colony, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cascade Colony
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.