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Jobs & commute in Jardine

Jardine has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Montana as a whole has 12%. 6 jobs are based in Jardine for 32 working residents. Hardly any work in Jardine itself; outside it, Gardiner draws the most (34%, 6 miles).

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

Day and night

How many people are in Jardine by day

On a workday 32 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

32live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night43
Workday17
43live here− 32head out to work+ 6come in to work= 17on a workday

About 17 people are in Jardine on a workday afternoon, 60% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.19jobs 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 the trip to work from Jardine ends

Livingston: 1 residents work here (3%)Kalispell: 1 residents work here (3%)Bozeman: 3 residents work here (9%)Missoula: 1 residents work here (3%)Nassau Village-RatliffHarrison: 1 residents work here (3%)Corwin Springs: 4 residents work here (13%)Gardiner: 11 residents work here (34%)Wineglass: 1 residents work here (3%)Cooke City: 2 residents work here (6%)JardineGardinerCorwin SpringsBozemanCooke CityLivingstonKalispellJardine
1
Gardiner5.8 mi away
34%11
2
Corwin Springs10.2 mi away
13%4
3
Bozeman48.1 mi away
9%3
4
Cooke City34.6 mi away
6%2
5
Livingston42.2 mi away
3%1
6
Kalispell280.3 mi away
3%1
7
Missoula206.3 mi away
3%1
8
Harrison72.1 mi away
3%1
9
Wineglass39.5 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
22%7
The top trips

Where Jardine 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

Factories, building and farms: 33% of the jobs in Jardine

Jobs based in JardineJobs Jardine residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms33%16%
Trade, transport & utilities0%19%
Services: health, schools, offices67%66%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%6%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%47%
Over $3,333 a month67%47%

Who does it

29 or younger0%22%
30 to 5467%53%
55 and older33%25%
+20%

Jobs based in Jardine, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 6. 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 Jardine’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Jardine

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Jardine gets to work
75%Drive alone
25%Other

Share of the 32 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

The distance from Jardine to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miGardiner: 34% · 5.8 miCorwin Springs: 13% · 10.2 miBozeman: 9% · 48.1 miCooke City: 6% · 34.6 miLivingston: 3% · 42.2 miKalispell: 3% · 280.3 miMissoula: 3% · 206.3 miHarrison: 3% · 72.1 miWineglass: 3% · 39.5 miGardiner 34%Corwin Springs 13%Bozeman 9%Livingston 3%Jardine
JardineTop destinations (size = commuters)
52%Under 10 mi15 residents
7%10–24 mi2 residents
24%25–50 mi7 residents
17%Over 50 mi5 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 Jardine: questions

What is the poverty rate in Jardine?

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

Where do people who live in Jardine work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gardiner (34%, 6 mi), Corwin Springs (13%, 10 mi), Bozeman (9%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Jardine

Jardine 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.