Work means Billings for about two in three of Mountain View Colony’s working residents
The average commute takes 16 minutes each way, where Montana has 19 and the U.S. 26. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Montana 12%). Hardly any work in Mountain View Colony; the top destination outside it is Billings (64%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Mountain View Colony for work, and who comes in
On a workday 73 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Mountain View Colony on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
Commuting out of Mountain View Colony: the destinations
Where Mountain View Colony clocks in
64% of workers
3% 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.
Each way, about 16 minutes from Mountain View Colony
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mountain View Colony workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 37 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Mountain View Colony
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 Mountain View Colony: questions
What is the poverty rate in Mountain View Colony?
51.4%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mountain View Colony?
16 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mountain View Colony work?
0% work in town.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mountain View Colony, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mountain View 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.