There are 2.7 jobs in Opheim for every working resident, and 60 people commute in
Working from home is the commute for 21% of workers; Montana has 12%. There are 60 jobs in Opheim for 22 working residents. Hardly any work in Opheim itself; outside it, Glasgow draws the most (32%, 47 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Opheim
On a workday 22 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 110 people are in Opheim on a workday afternoon, 52% more than live here.
2.7 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.
Commuting in to Opheim: where workers come from
Where Opheim clocks in
32% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
78% of the jobs in Opheim pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Opheim, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 60. 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 Opheim’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 13 minutes from Opheim
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Opheim workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34 commuters (the 21% 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 it is to work from Opheim
About 59% 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 Opheim: questions
What is the median household income in Opheim?
$46,500 (±$35,501) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Opheim?
7.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Opheim?
13 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Opheim work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Glasgow (32%, 47 mi), Great Falls (9%, 244 mi), Poplar (5%, 76 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Opheim 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 Opheim, from the people who make the trip.
More of Opheim
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.