Garrison has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
There are 10 jobs in Garrison, and 36 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Garrison for work; outside it, Missoula is the main destination (17%, 62 miles). At home: 78% 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
Garrison on a workday afternoon
On a workday 36 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 80 people are in Garrison on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
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 people from Garrison work
Where Garrison clocks in
17% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
A place that makes things: 40% of Garrison’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Garrison, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 10. 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 Garrison’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Garrison
of Garrison workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10 commuters (the 78% 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.
Garrison’s commute, mile by mile
About 50% 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 Garrison: questions
What is the median household income in Garrison?
$93,625 (±$30,081) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Garrison?
7.5%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Garrison work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Missoula (17%, 62 mi), Deer Lodge (11%, 11 mi), Helena (8%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Garrison 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 Garrison, from the people who make the trip.
More of Garrison
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.