Pine Creek has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 21% of workers, where Montana as a whole has 12%. 14 jobs are based in Pine Creek, and 34 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Pine Creek; the top destination outside it is Livingston (21%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Pine Creek for work, and who comes in
On a workday 34 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Pine Creek on a workday afternoon, 15% 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.
Out of Pine Creek to work: where people go
Where Pine Creek clocks in
21% of workers
18% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Creek, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 14. 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 Pine Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 60 minutes in Pine Creek
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 19 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Creek workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 38 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.
Pine Creek’s commute, mile by mile
About 32% 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 Pine Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Creek?
$87,500 (±$54,897) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Creek?
18.2%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Creek?
60 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Creek work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Livingston (21%, 11 mi), Bozeman (18%, 26 mi), Billings (6%, 100 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pine Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pine Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Creek
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.