Jobs and earnings in Indian Springs, and the trip to work
Employers in Indian Springs report 39 jobs, and 35 of its residents work somewhere. Only 6% work in Indian Springs itself; outside it, Eureka draws the most (26%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Indian Springs
On a workday 33 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Indian Springs work
Where Indian Springs clocks in
26% 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.
Jobs in Indian Springs: what the 39 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Indian Springs, 2014 → 2024: 4 → 39. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Indian Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Indian Springs’ commute, mile by mile
About 34% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Indian Springs: questions
Where do people who live in Indian Springs work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eureka (26%, 6 mi), Kalispell (6%, 61 mi), Fortine (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Indian Springs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Indian Springs
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.