For about two in five of its working residents, Lodge Pole is a commute to Hays
Commuters spend 37 minutes getting to work on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. For 23% of workers, the job is at home (Montana 12%). Hardly any work in Lodge Pole itself; outside it, Hays draws the most (41%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Lodge Pole
On a workday 32 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Lodge Pole on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Where the trip to work from Lodge Pole ends
Where Lodge Pole clocks in
16% of workers
3% 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.
About 37 minutes to work from Lodge Pole
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lodge Pole workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 56 commuters (the 23% 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 Lodge Pole’s workers travel
About 44% 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 Lodge Pole: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lodge Pole?
32.9%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lodge Pole?
37 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lodge Pole work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Lodge Pole 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 Lodge Pole, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lodge Pole
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.