Photo: J.B. Chandler · CC BY-SA 3.0Loma has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Montana as a whole has 12%. There are 2 jobs in Loma for 25 working residents. Hardly any stay in Loma for work; outside it, Big Sandy is the main destination (8%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Loma for work, and who comes in
On a workday 25 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 50 people are in Loma on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Where the trip to work from Loma ends
Where Loma clocks in
8% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
100% of the jobs in Loma pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Loma, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 2. 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 Loma’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Loma
of Loma workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9 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 it is to work from Loma
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 Loma: questions
What is the median household income in Loma?
$51,227 (±$519) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Loma?
13.7%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Loma work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Big Sandy (8%, 23 mi), Chinook (4%, 73 mi), Geraldine (4%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Loma 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 Loma, from the people who make the trip.
More of Loma
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.