Cut Bank draws about half of Glacier Colony’s working residents
For 9% of workers, the job is at home (Montana 12%). Hardly any stay in Glacier Colony for work; outside it, Cut Bank is the main destination (45%, 14 miles). Glacier Colony has 51 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Glacier Colony for work, and who comes in
On a workday 51 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Glacier Colony on a workday afternoon, 13% 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.
Where Glacier Colony goes to work
Where Glacier Colony clocks in
10% of workers
6% 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 Glacier Colony
of Glacier Colony workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 59 commuters (the 9% 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 it is to work from Glacier Colony
About 31% 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 Glacier Colony: questions
What is the poverty rate in Glacier Colony?
58.2%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Glacier Colony work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Glacier Colony 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 Glacier Colony, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glacier Colony
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.