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Jobs & commute in Glendale Colony

Making a living in Glendale Colony

0% of workers work from home (Montana 12%). Hardly any stay in Glendale Colony for work; outside it, Billings is the main destination (17%, 282 miles). The Census job records count 18 working residents of Glendale Colony and no jobs based in it.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Glendale Colony

On a workday 18 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

18live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night48
Workday30
48live here− 18head out to work+ 0come in to work= 30on a workday

About 30 people are in Glendale Colony on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Commuting out of Glendale Colony: the destinations

Santa Maria: 1 residents work here (6%)Valier: 1 residents work here (6%)Cut Bank: 1 residents work here (6%)Great Falls: 1 residents work here (6%)Billings: 3 residents work here (17%)Browning: 3 residents work here (17%)Glendale ColonySeville Colony: 1 residents work here (6%)South Browning: 2 residents work here (11%)Babb: 2 residents work here (11%)BillingsBrowningSouth BrowningBabbSanta MariaValierGlendale Colony
1
Billings281.8 mi away
17%3
2
Browning29.1 mi away
17%3
3
South Browning29.5 mi away
11%2
4
Babb41.3 mi away
11%2
5
Santa Maria, CA1041.9 mi away
6%1
6
Valier39.3 mi away
6%1
7
Cut Bank17.3 mi away
6%1
8
Great Falls108.8 mi away
6%1
9
Seville Colony9.6 mi away
6%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
17%3
The top trips

Where Glendale Colony clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Glendale Colony

Working from home
0%

of Glendale Colony workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Glendale Colony gets to work
100%Walk

Share of the 48 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.

How far

How far Glendale Colony’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBillings: 17% · 281.8 miBrowning: 17% · 29.1 miSouth Browning: 11% · 29.5 miBabb: 11% · 41.3 miSanta Maria: 6% · 1041.9 miValier: 6% · 39.3 miCut Bank: 6% · 17.3 miGreat Falls: 6% · 108.8 miSeville Colony: 6% · 9.6 miBillings 17%Browning 17%South Browning 11%Babb 11%Santa Maria 6%Glendale Colony
Glendale ColonyTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
17%10–24 mi3 residents
50%25–50 mi9 residents
33%Over 50 mi6 residents

About 33% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Glendale Colony: questions

What is the poverty rate in Glendale Colony?

100.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Glendale Colony work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Billings (17%, 282 mi), Browning (17%, 29 mi), South Browning (11%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Glendale Colony, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Glendale Colony

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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.