Photo: Shadybradyj · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Hinsdale works elsewhere
Hinsdale has 7 jobs, and 45 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Hinsdale itself; outside it, Glasgow draws the most (13%, 25 miles). The average commute takes 26 minutes each way; Montana averages 19, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hinsdale by day and by night
On a workday 45 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Hinsdale on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
The places Hinsdale commutes to
Where Hinsdale clocks in
13% of workers
13% 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.
Hinsdale works in goods: 29% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hinsdale, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 7. 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 Hinsdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, longer than most of Montana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hinsdale workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 116 commuters (the 7% 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.
Where in the region Hinsdale works
About 64% 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 Hinsdale: questions
What is the median household income in Hinsdale?
$47,500 (±$12,177) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hinsdale?
21.2%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hinsdale?
26 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hinsdale work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Glasgow (13%, 25 mi), Billings (13%, 193 mi), Hardin (4%, 185 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hinsdale 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 Hinsdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hinsdale
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.