Photo: Dave Golterman · CC BY-SA 3.0For about half of its working residents, Flaxville is a commute to Scobey
Hardly any work in Flaxville; the top destination outside it is Scobey (48%, 11 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Montana has 12%. Commuters spend 22 minutes getting to work on average, next to 19 for Montana and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Flaxville by day
On a workday 27 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 38 people are in Flaxville on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.26 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 Flaxville ends
Where Flaxville clocks in
48% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
71% of the jobs in Flaxville pay over $3,333 a month
7 jobs are based in Flaxville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flaxville, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 7. 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 Flaxville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Flaxville: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flaxville workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 32 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.
Miles to work from Flaxville
About 22% 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 Flaxville: questions
What is the median household income in Flaxville?
$98,750 (±$80,469) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flaxville?
32.5%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flaxville?
22 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flaxville work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Flaxville 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 Flaxville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flaxville
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.