Work means Big Timber for about two in five of Greycliff’s working residents
Hardly any work in Greycliff itself; outside it, Big Timber draws the most (42%, 10 miles). Commuters spend 34 minutes getting to work on average; the Montana average is 19, the U.S. 26. No jobs are based in Greycliff in the Census job records; 12 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Greycliff, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 12 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
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.
Commuting out of Greycliff: the destinations
Where Greycliff clocks in
42% 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.
How long Greycliff spends getting to work: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greycliff workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 62 commuters (the 13% 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 many miles Greycliff commutes
About 25% 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 Greycliff: questions
What is the median household income in Greycliff?
$70,417 (±$3,710) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greycliff?
4.4%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greycliff?
34 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greycliff work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Greycliff without a car?
3% 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 Greycliff, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greycliff
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.