Earning a living in Gildford Colony
Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Montana as a whole has 12%. Hardly any work in Gildford Colony itself; outside it, Havre draws the most (19%, 33 miles). Gildford Colony has 27 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Gildford Colony on a workday afternoon
On a workday 27 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 32 people are in Gildford Colony on a workday afternoon, 46% fewer than live here.
0.00 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Gildford Colony goes to work
Where Gildford Colony clocks in
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.
Working from home in Gildford Colony
of Gildford Colony workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13 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.
Gildford Colony’s commute, mile by mile
About 56% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Gildford Colony: questions
What is the poverty rate in Gildford Colony?
71.2%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Gildford Colony work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Havre (19%, 33 mi), Rudyard (11%, 21 mi), Great Falls (7%, 101 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Gildford Colony without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 100% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gildford Colony, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gildford Colony
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.