King Arthur Park has some of the lowest unemployment in the country, with hardly anyone out of work
Household incomes here are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns. King Arthur Park grades A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Hardly any stay in King Arthur Park for work; outside it, Bozeman is the main destination (48%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in King Arthur Park: the figures worth knowing
Nearly half of King Arthur Park works in Bozeman
410 working residents, 48%, have their main job in Bozeman, 3.7 miles away. That’s 48 times as many as work in King Arthur Park itself. The commute map ↓
Most King Arthur Park residents work close to home
74% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. How far ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
70% of the jobs in King Arthur Park are in trade, transport and utilities, against 16% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 855 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside King Arthur Park’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, King Arthur Park is better than 85% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds King Arthur Park’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, King Arthur Park could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Out of King Arthur Park to work: where people go
Where King Arthur Park clocks in
48% of workers
5% 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.
King Arthur Park’s commute, mile by mile
About 16% 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.
73% of the jobs in King Arthur Park pay over $3,333 a month
661 jobs are based in King Arthur Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in King Arthur Park, 2013 → 2023: 358 → 661. 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 King Arthur Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in King Arthur Park, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 848 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 654 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in King Arthur Park on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
King Arthur Park’s commute takes about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of King Arthur Park workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,056 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.
Getting around King Arthur Park: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, King Arthur Park is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 6.3% across Montana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,282 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 52% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 64% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of King Arthur Park households have no vehicle (Montana 4.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of King Arthur Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
King Arthur Park is 531st of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 529 | Marriott-Slaterville UT | 2,286 | $102K | 6.5% | 2.6% | 4% | A− |
| 530 | Blooming Grove WI | 1,488 | $90K | 6.6% | 2.7% | <1% | A− |
| 531 | King Arthur Park MT | 1,992 | $109K | 7.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 532 | Fern Prairie WA | 2,053 | $116K | 5.8% | 3.4% | <1% | A− |
| 533 | Stanford Township MN | 2,389 | $104K | 6.0% | 2.0% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 622 | Manhattan MT | 2,073 | $88K | 2.9% | 0.0% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 858 | Big Sky MT | 2,445 | $139K | 4.7% | 1.4% | 68% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,363 | Three Forks MT | 1,920 | $80K | 6.2% | 0.0% | 11% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of King Arthur Park, the top three, the last and three more from Montana.
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 King Arthur Park: questions
What is the median household income in King Arthur Park?
$109,106 (±$17,284) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in King Arthur Park?
7.4%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from King Arthur Park?
16 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in King Arthur Park work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bozeman (48%, 4 mi), Four Corners (8%, 2 mi), Big Sky (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is King Arthur Park walkable?
King Arthur Park is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 10.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around King Arthur Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from King Arthur Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of King Arthur Park
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.