Paradise has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
There are 11 jobs in Paradise, and 47 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Paradise for work; outside it, Plains is the main destination (40%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Paradise: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 47 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 40 people are in Paradise on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Paradise goes to work
Where Paradise clocks in
9% 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.
Most jobs in Paradise are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paradise, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 11. 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 Paradise’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Paradise, by distance
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.
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 Paradise: questions
What is the poverty rate in Paradise?
0.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Paradise work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Plains (40%, 7 mi), Great Falls (9%, 164 mi), Billings (4%, 316 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Paradise, from the people who make the trip.
More of Paradise
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.