Work and commuting in Charlos Heights
12% of workers have no commute at all, next to 12% for Montana as a whole. Only 1% stay in Charlos Heights for work; outside it, Hamilton is the main destination (39%, 8 miles). 43 jobs are based in Charlos Heights for 69 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Charlos Heights, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 68 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Charlos Heights on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.62 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.
Where the trip to work from Charlos Heights ends
Where Charlos Heights clocks in
39% of workers
12% of workers
4% 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.
95% of the jobs in Charlos Heights make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Charlos Heights, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 43. 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 Charlos Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Charlos Heights
of Charlos Heights workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 92 commuters (the 12% 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.
The commute from Charlos Heights, by distance
About 32% 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 Charlos Heights: questions
What is the poverty rate in Charlos Heights?
4.9%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Charlos Heights work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hamilton (39%, 8 mi), Missoula (12%, 52 mi), Billings (4%, 272 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Charlos Heights 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 Charlos Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Charlos Heights
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.