Lonesomehurst Cabin · Public domainFor more than half of its working residents, Hebgen Lake Estates is a commute to West Yellowstone
For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Montana has 12%. Hardly any stay in Hebgen Lake Estates for work; outside it, West Yellowstone is the main destination (60%, 8 miles). 5 jobs are based in Hebgen Lake Estates for 62 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Hebgen Lake Estates, and who commutes in
On a workday 62 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 28 people are in Hebgen Lake Estates on a workday afternoon, 67% fewer than live here.
0.08 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.
Out of Hebgen Lake Estates to work: where people go
Where Hebgen Lake Estates clocks in
60% of workers
8% of workers
3% 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.
Goods, not services: 80% of the jobs in Hebgen Lake Estates
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hebgen Lake Estates, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 5. 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 Hebgen Lake Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Hebgen Lake Estates
of Hebgen Lake Estates workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 51 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.
Hebgen Lake Estates’ commute, mile by mile
About 20% 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 Hebgen Lake Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Hebgen Lake Estates?
$41,563 (±$29,949) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hebgen Lake Estates?
0.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Hebgen Lake Estates work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Hebgen Lake Estates 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 Hebgen Lake Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hebgen Lake Estates
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.