Kevin Depot · Photo: am · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Kevin works elsewhere
The trip to work takes 21 minutes on average (Montana 19, U.S. 26). Kevin has 6 jobs; 42 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Kevin for work; outside it, Sunburst is the main destination (24%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Kevin on a workday afternoon
On a workday 42 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Kevin on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Kevin: the destinations
Where Kevin clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
Kevin makes things: 67% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Kevin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Kevin’s commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kevin workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28 commuters (the 18% 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.
The distance from Kevin to work
About 36% 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 Kevin: questions
What is the median household income in Kevin?
$38,333 (±$12,182) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kevin?
32.4%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kevin?
21 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kevin work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sunburst (24%, 9 mi), Sweet Grass (14%, 17 mi), Shelby (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kevin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kevin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kevin
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.