Most of Reed Point commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Commuters spend 28 minutes getting to work on average; the Montana average is 19, the U.S. 26. Reed Point has 20 jobs for 64 working residents. Hardly any work in Reed Point; the top destination outside it is Billings (36%, 48 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Reed Point
On a workday 64 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Reed Point on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
The towns that employ Reed Point’s residents
Where Reed Point clocks in
36% of workers
8% 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.
What Reed Point’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reed Point, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 20. 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 Reed Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Reed Point: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reed Point workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 47 commuters (the 13% 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.
Half of Reed Point commutes less than 46 miles
About 20% 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 Reed Point: questions
What is the poverty rate in Reed Point?
9.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reed Point?
28 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reed Point work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Billings (36%, 48 mi), Laurel (8%, 37 mi), Columbus (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Reed Point without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Reed Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reed Point
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.