Lower Logging Lake Snowshoe Cabin and Boathouse · Photo: National Park Service inventory · Public domainWhere Loring Colony earns its living
Hardly any work in Loring Colony; the top destination outside it is Malta (23%, 30 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Montana as a whole has 12%. The Census job records count 13 working residents of Loring Colony and no jobs based in it.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Loring Colony, and who commutes in
On a workday 13 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18 people are in Loring Colony on a workday afternoon, 42% 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 Loring Colony to work: where people go
Where Loring Colony clocks in
23% of workers
8% 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 Loring Colony
of Loring Colony workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7 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 Loring Colony
About 31% 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 Loring Colony: questions
What is the poverty rate in Loring Colony?
33.3%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Loring Colony work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Malta (23%, 30 mi), Whitewater (15%, 16 mi), Lewistown (8%, 138 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Loring Colony, from the people who make the trip.
More of Loring Colony
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.