Highwood has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
5 jobs are based in Highwood, and 40 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Highwood itself; outside it, Great Falls draws the most (18%, 26 miles). The trip to work takes 29 minutes on average; Montana averages 19, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Highwood
On a workday 40 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Highwood on a workday afternoon, 17% 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 the trip to work from Highwood ends
Where Highwood clocks in
18% of workers
15% of workers
5% 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 jobs make up 100% of work in Highwood
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Highwood, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 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 Highwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Highwood, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Highwood workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 82 commuters (the 15% 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.
Highwood’s commute, mile by mile
About 45% 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 Highwood: questions
What is the median household income in Highwood?
$85,500 (±$52,848) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Highwood?
6.8%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Highwood?
29 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Highwood work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Great Falls (18%, 26 mi), Fort Benton (15%, 17 mi), Helena (5%, 91 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Highwood 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 Highwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Highwood
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.