U.S. Forest Service Remount Depot · Photo: Djembayz · CC BY-SA 4.0For more than half of its working residents, Huson is a commute to Missoula
0% of workers work from home; Montana has 12%. Hardly any stay in Huson for work; outside it, Missoula is the main destination (51%, 18 miles). Commuters spend 26 minutes getting to work on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Huson
On a workday 109 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 38 people are in Huson on a workday afternoon, 72% fewer than live here.
0.10 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 Huson to work: where people go
Where Huson clocks in
51% of workers
7% 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.
Huson makes things: 36% of its jobs are in goods
11 jobs are based in Huson.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Huson, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 11. 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 Huson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Huson: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Huson workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 87 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.
Huson’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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 Huson: questions
What is the median household income in Huson?
$77,344 (±$21,719) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Huson?
0.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Huson?
26 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Huson work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Huson 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 Huson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Huson
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.