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Jobs & commute in Nibbe

Work means Billings for more than half of Nibbe’s working residents

Hardly any work in Nibbe; the top destination outside it is Billings (59%, 29 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers (Montana 12%). The Census job records count 27 working residents of Nibbe and no jobs based in it.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Nibbe by day and by night

On a workday 27 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

27live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night62
Workday35
62live here− 27head out to work+ 0come in to work= 35on a workday

About 35 people are in Nibbe on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Commuting out of Nibbe: the destinations

Troy: 1 residents work here (4%)Hardin: 1 residents work here (4%)Great Falls: 1 residents work here (4%)Missoula: 1 residents work here (4%)Billings: 16 residents work here (59%)NibbeWorden: 1 residents work here (4%)Lockwood: 1 residents work here (4%)Bigfork: 1 residents work here (4%)BillingsTroyHardinGreat FallsMissoulaWordenNibbe
1
Billings28.6 mi away
59%16
2
Troy406.5 mi away
4%1
3
Hardin26.1 mi away
4%1
4
Great Falls187.2 mi away
4%1
5
Missoula292.2 mi away
4%1
6
Worden6.6 mi away
4%1
7
Lockwood20.6 mi away
4%1
8
Bigfork318.7 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
15%4
The top trips

Where Nibbe clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Nibbe

Working from home
0%

of Nibbe workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Nibbe gets to work
31%Drive alone
35%Carpool
35%Other

Share of the 49 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.

How far

Nibbe’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBillings: 59% · 28.6 miTroy: 4% · 406.5 miHardin: 4% · 26.1 miGreat Falls: 4% · 187.2 miMissoula: 4% · 292.2 miWorden: 4% · 6.6 miLockwood: 4% · 20.6 miBigfork: 4% · 318.7 miBillings 59%Troy 4%Hardin 4%Great Falls 4%Missoula 4%Nibbe
NibbeTop destinations (size = commuters)
4%Under 10 mi1 residents
7%10–24 mi2 residents
70%25–50 mi19 residents
19%Over 50 mi5 residents

About 19% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Nibbe: questions

What is the poverty rate in Nibbe?

24.2%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Nibbe work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Nibbe 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 Nibbe, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Nibbe

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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.