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Jobs & commute in Hogeland

Hogeland has 3.0 jobs for every working resident: 21 people commute in to work

0% of workers work from home, against 12% across Montana. Hogeland has 21 jobs; 7 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Hogeland for work; outside it, Harlem is the main destination (29%, 23 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Hogeland on a workday afternoon

On a workday 7 residents head out to work and none work right here.

7live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
21work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night5
Workday19
5live here− 7head out to work+ 21come in to work= 19on a workday

About 19 people are in Hogeland on a workday afternoon, 280% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
3.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where Hogeland’s workers come from

Harlem: 3 workers live here (14%)Havre: 3 workers live here (14%)Shelby: 1 workers live here (5%)Billings: 2 workers live here (10%)Turner: 1 workers live here (5%)HogelandWhitewaterFort Belknap Agency: 7 workers live here (33%)Hays: 1 workers live here (5%)Fort Belknap AgencyHarlemHavreBillingsShelbyTurnerHogeland
133%7
2
Harlem23 mi away
14%3
3
Havre51.1 mi away
14%3
4
Billings211.9 mi away
10%2
5
Shelby148 mi away
5%1
6
Turner11.9 mi away
5%1
7
Hays58.3 mi away
5%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
14%3
The top trips

Where Hogeland clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

Jobs based in HogelandJobs Hogeland residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms10%14%
Trade, transport & utilities0%29%
Services: health, schools, offices90%57%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%29%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%29%
Over $3,333 a month76%43%

Who does it

29 or younger10%14%
30 to 5443%43%
55 and older48%43%
+950%

Jobs based in Hogeland, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 21. 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 Hogeland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Hogeland

Working from home
0%

of Hogeland workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Hogeland gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 4 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.

How far

Hogeland’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi55 miHarlem: 29% · 23 miTurner: 29% · 11.9 miWhitewater: 14% · 47.4 miHarlem 29%Turner 29%Whitewater 14%Hogeland
HogelandTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
67%10–24 mi4 residents
17%25–50 mi1 residents
17%Over 50 mi1 residents

About 17% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Hogeland: questions

What is the poverty rate in Hogeland?

0.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Hogeland work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harlem (29%, 23 mi), Turner (29%, 12 mi), Whitewater (14%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Hogeland 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 Hogeland, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Hogeland

Hogeland home →

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.