Photo: J.B. Chandler · CC BY-SA 3.0Work means Missoula for about two in five of Moccasin’s working residents
Hardly any work in Moccasin; the top destination outside it is Missoula (40%, 194 miles). There are 8 jobs in Moccasin, against 5 working residents. The poverty rate is 82.4%, next to 11.5% for Montana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Moccasin, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 5 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 20 people are in Moccasin on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The towns that send workers to Moccasin
Where Moccasin clocks in
40% of workers
20% of workers
20% 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.
What Moccasin’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moccasin, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 8. 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 Moccasin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Moccasin
About 80% 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 Moccasin: questions
What is the poverty rate in Moccasin?
82.4%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Moccasin work?
0% work in town.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moccasin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moccasin
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.