Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0Where Gilman earns its living
The Census job records count 18 working residents of Gilman and no jobs based in it. 43% of workers have no commute at all (Montana 12%). Hardly any work in Gilman itself; outside it, Helena draws the most (17%, 65 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Gilman on a workday
On a workday 18 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Gilman on a workday afternoon, 100% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Gilman’s residents
Where Gilman clocks in
17% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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 Gilman
of Gilman workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4 commuters (the 43% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Gilman
About 83% 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 Gilman: questions
What is the poverty rate in Gilman?
0.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Gilman work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Helena (17%, 65 mi), Great Falls (11%, 49 mi), Bozeman (11%, 141 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gilman 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 Gilman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gilman
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.