Billings draws about two in three of Pompeys Pillar’s working residents
There are 6 jobs in Pompeys Pillar, and 23 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Pompeys Pillar for work; outside it, Billings is the main destination (70%, 32 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pompeys Pillar on a workday afternoon
On a workday 23 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10 people are in Pompeys Pillar on a workday afternoon, 63% fewer than live here.
0.26 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.
Where Pompeys Pillar goes to work
Where Pompeys Pillar clocks in
70% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Pompeys Pillar
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Pompeys Pillar’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Pompeys Pillar
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 Pompeys Pillar: questions
What is the poverty rate in Pompeys Pillar?
0.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Pompeys Pillar work?
0% work in town.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pompeys Pillar, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pompeys Pillar
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.