About two in five of Muddy’s working residents commute to Lame Deer
Working from home is the commute for 19% of workers, against 12% across Montana. The trip to work takes 20 minutes on average (Montana 19, U.S. 26). No jobs are based in Muddy in the Census job records; 90 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Muddy
On a workday 90 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 630 people are in Muddy on a workday afternoon, 12% 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.
The towns that employ Muddy’s residents
Where Muddy clocks in
44% of workers
10% 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.
About 20 minutes each way, about the MT average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Muddy workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 127 commuters (the 19% 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.
Miles to work from Muddy
About 26% 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.
Work next door: 44% of Muddy’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Lame Deer. Darker towns draw more of Muddy’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Muddy: questions
What is the poverty rate in Muddy?
52.3%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Muddy?
20 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Muddy work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Muddy without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Muddy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Muddy
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.