Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Homestead
There are 7 jobs in Homestead, and 11 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Homestead; the top destination outside it is Bainville (9%, 24 miles). Working from home is the commute for 10% of workers, against 12% across Montana.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Homestead for work, and who comes in
On a workday 11 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 23 people are in Homestead on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.64 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.
Where Homestead goes to work
Where Homestead clocks in
9% of workers
9% 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.
86% of the jobs in Homestead pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Homestead, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 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 Homestead’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Homestead
of Homestead workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18 commuters (the 10% 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 many miles Homestead commutes
About 33% 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Homestead workers work outside Montana. The job records count 18% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Homestead: questions
What is the median household income in Homestead?
$162,500 (±$15,839) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Homestead?
0.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Homestead work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bainville (9%, 24 mi), Plentywood (9%, 25 mi), Great Falls (9%, 319 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Homestead 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 Homestead, from the people who make the trip.
More of Homestead
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.