How Lakeview works: jobs, income and commuting
Hardly any stay in Lakeview for work; outside it, Lima is the main destination (14%, 38 miles). For 33% of workers, the job is at home (Montana 12%). Lakeview has 7 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Lakeview
On a workday 7 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 25 people are in Lakeview on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.00 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 Lakeview to work: where people go
Where Lakeview clocks in
14% 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.
Working from home in Lakeview
of Lakeview workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10 commuters (the 33% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Lakeview
About 57% 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 Lakeview: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lakeview?
34.4%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lakeview work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lima (14%, 38 mi), Jackson (14%, 94 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lakeview 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 Lakeview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lakeview
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.