Most of Montaqua commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
33% of workers work from home, against 12% across Montana. Employers in Montaqua report 22 jobs; 47 of its residents have a job. Only 2% stay in Montaqua for work; outside it, Billings is the main destination (38%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Montaqua, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 46 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Montaqua on a workday afternoon, 17% 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 Montaqua’s working residents head each day
Where Montaqua clocks in
38% of workers
9% 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.
Making and building: 32% of jobs based in Montaqua
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montaqua, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 22. 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 Montaqua’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Montaqua, about 9 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montaqua workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 74 commuters (the 33% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Montaqua
About 15% 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 Montaqua: questions
What is the median household income in Montaqua?
$124,250 (±$50,301) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montaqua?
2.1%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montaqua?
9 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montaqua work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Billings (38%, 26 mi), Laurel (9%, 13 mi), Joliet (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Montaqua 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 Montaqua, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montaqua
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.