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Jobs & commute in Coffee Creek

For about half of its working residents, Coffee Creek is a commute to Lewistown

0% of workers work from home, where Montana as a whole has 12%. Hardly any stay in Coffee Creek for work; outside it, Lewistown is the main destination (50%, 36 miles). 7 jobs are based in Coffee Creek; 4 of its residents have a job.

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

Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Coffee Creek

On a workday 4 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.

4live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
7work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night61
Workday64
61live here− 4head out to work+ 7come in to work= 64on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.75jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

1.8 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.

The commute map

Where Coffee Creek’s workers come from

StanfordLewistown: 3 workers live here (43%)Billings: 1 workers live here (14%)Hilger: 1 workers live here (14%)Coffee CreekLewistownBillingsHilgerCoffee Creek
1
Lewistown36 mi away
43%3
2
Billings130 mi away
14%1
3
Hilger34.6 mi away
14%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%2
The top trips

Where Coffee Creek 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.

The jobs

What Coffee Creek’s employers do

Jobs based in Coffee CreekJobs Coffee Creek residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%25%
Trade, transport & utilities43%25%
Services: health, schools, offices57%50%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less57%25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month14%50%
Over $3,333 a month29%25%

Who does it

29 or younger0%25%
30 to 5443%25%
55 and older57%50%

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 Coffee Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Coffee Creek

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Coffee Creek gets to work
100%Drive alone

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 far

Short hops and long hauls from Coffee Creek

10 mi25 mi45 miLewistown: 50% · 36 miStanford: 25% · 15 miLewistown 50%Stanford 25%Coffee Creek
Coffee CreekTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
25%10–24 mi1 residents
75%25–50 mi3 residents
0%Over 50 mi0 residents

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 Coffee Creek: questions

What is the median household income in Coffee Creek?

$85,833 (±$49,368) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Coffee Creek?

0.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Coffee Creek work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Coffee Creek 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 Coffee Creek, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Coffee Creek

Coffee Creek home →

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.