Work means Plentywood for more than half of Outlook’s working residents
A typical one-way commute from Outlook lasts 26 minutes (Montana 19, U.S. 26). 31% of workers work from home; Montana has 12%. Hardly any work in Outlook; the top destination outside it is Plentywood (54%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Outlook
On a workday 26 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 60 people are in Outlook on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.12 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 Outlook: the destinations
Where Outlook clocks in
54% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
What Outlook’s employers do
3 jobs are based in Outlook.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Outlook, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 3. 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 Outlook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Outlook’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Outlook workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11 commuters (the 31% 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 Outlook
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 Outlook: questions
What is the median household income in Outlook?
$58,125 (±$8,248) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Outlook?
9.8%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Outlook?
26 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Outlook work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Outlook 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 Outlook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Outlook
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.