Stockmen's Bank of Martinsdale · Photo: Robstutz · CC BY-SA 4.0Work means White Sulphur Springs for about two in five of Martinsdale’s working residents
Home is the office for 31% of workers, next to 12% for Montana as a whole. Only 6% work in Martinsdale; the top destination outside it is White Sulphur Springs (41%, 29 miles). Martinsdale has 12 jobs, and 17 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Martinsdale
On a workday 16 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.71 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Martinsdale commutes to
Where Martinsdale clocks in
41% 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.
Martinsdale works in goods: 42% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Martinsdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Martinsdale
of Martinsdale workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 59 commuters (the 31% 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.
Where in the region Martinsdale works
About 41% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Martinsdale: questions
What is the poverty rate in Martinsdale?
45.3%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Martinsdale work?
6% work in town.
Can you get around Martinsdale 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 Martinsdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Martinsdale
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.