Luther has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Luther report 1 jobs, and 16 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Luther itself; outside it, Billings draws the most (31%, 54 miles). Home is the office for 42% of workers, next to 12% for Montana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Luther: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 16 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 31 people are in Luther on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 Luther goes to work
Where Luther clocks in
31% of workers
19% 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.
Luther makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Luther, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 1. 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 Luther’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Luther: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Luther workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 19 commuters (the 42% 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 Luther
About 50% 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 Luther: questions
What is the median household income in Luther?
$131,250 (±$20,623) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Luther?
2.2%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Luther?
20 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 42% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Luther work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Billings (31%, 54 mi), Red Lodge (19%, 10 mi), Joliet (6%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Luther 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 Luther, from the people who make the trip.
More of Luther
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.