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Jobs & commute in De Borgia

De Borgia has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each

2 jobs are based in De Borgia, against 31 working residents. Hardly any work in De Borgia itself; outside it, Superior draws the most (19%, 23 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Montana has 12%.

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

Day and night

A workday in De Borgia: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 31 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

31live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night40
Workday11
40live here− 31head out to work+ 2come in to work= 11on a workday

About 11 people are in De Borgia on a workday afternoon, 73% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.06jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 people from De Borgia work

Wallace: 2 residents work here (6%)Superior: 6 residents work here (19%)Hamilton: 2 residents work here (6%)Shelby: 1 residents work here (3%)Belgrade: 1 residents work here (3%)Helena: 1 residents work here (3%)Great Falls: 1 residents work here (3%)Missoula: 1 residents work here (3%)St. Regis: 3 residents work here (10%)De BorgiaFrenchtown: 2 residents work here (6%)SuperiorSt. RegisWallaceHamiltonFrenchtownShelbyDe Borgia
1
Superior23.1 mi away
19%6
2
St. Regis11.1 mi away
10%3
3
Wallace, ID29 mi away
6%2
4
Hamilton94.7 mi away
6%2
5
Frenchtown55.7 mi away
6%2
6
Shelby178.2 mi away
3%1
7
Belgrade225.2 mi away
3%1
8
Helena164.6 mi away
3%1
9
Great Falls188.1 mi away
3%1
10
Missoula69.9 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
35%11
The top trips

Where De Borgia 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

The kinds of work in De Borgia

Jobs based in De BorgiaJobs De Borgia residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%19%
Trade, transport & utilities100%16%
Services: health, schools, offices0%65%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less100%23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%29%
Over $3,333 a month0%48%

Who does it

29 or younger0%16%
30 to 540%55%
55 and older100%29%

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 De Borgia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in De Borgia

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How De Borgia gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 6 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 many miles De Borgia commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSuperior: 19% · 23.1 miSt. Regis: 10% · 11.1 miWallace: 6% · 29 miHamilton: 6% · 94.7 miFrenchtown: 6% · 55.7 miShelby: 3% · 178.2 miBelgrade: 3% · 225.2 miHelena: 3% · 164.6 miGreat Falls: 3% · 188.1 miMissoula: 3% · 69.9 miSuperior 19%St. Regis 10%Wallace 6%Hamilton 6%De Borgia
De BorgiaTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
30%10–24 mi9 residents
30%25–50 mi9 residents
40%Over 50 mi12 residents

About 40% 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 De Borgia: questions

What is the poverty rate in De Borgia?

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

Where do people who live in De Borgia work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Superior (19%, 23 mi), St. Regis (10%, 11 mi), Wallace (6%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around De Borgia 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 De Borgia, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of De Borgia

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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.