Photo: Montanabw · CC BY-SA 3.0Craig at work: jobs, income and the commute
17 jobs are based in Craig; 10 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Craig itself; outside it, Helena draws the most (30%, 33 miles). At home: 9% of workers have no commute at all (Montana 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Craig
On a workday 10 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
1.7 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 the people who work in Craig live
Where Craig clocks in
30% of workers
30% of workers
10% 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.
What Craig’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Craig, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 17. 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 Craig’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Craig
of Craig workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 60 commuters (the 9% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Craig
About 30% 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 Craig: questions
What is the poverty rate in Craig?
17.4%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Craig work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Helena (30%, 33 mi), Bozeman (30%, 105 mi), Great Falls (10%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Craig 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 Craig, from the people who make the trip.
More of Craig
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.