Happys Inn has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
44% of workers work from home, where Montana as a whole has 12%. 16 jobs are based in Happys Inn for 70 working residents. Only 1% work in Happys Inn itself; outside it, Libby draws the most (36%, 30 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Happys Inn on a workday
On a workday 69 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Happys Inn on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
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 people from Happys Inn work
Where Happys Inn clocks in
36% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Happys Inn
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Happys Inn, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 16. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Happys Inn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Happys Inn
of Happys Inn workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 69 commuters (the 44% 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.
Half of Happys Inn commutes less than 34 miles
About 21% 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 Happys Inn: questions
What is the median household income in Happys Inn?
$40,221 (±$11,529) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Happys Inn?
18.3%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Happys Inn work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Libby (36%, 30 mi), Kalispell (9%, 38 mi), Missoula (4%, 97 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Happys Inn 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 Happys Inn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Happys Inn
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.