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Jobs & commute in Rhodes

Rhodes has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 12% for Montana as a whole. There are 7 jobs in Rhodes; 64 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Rhodes itself; outside it, Kalispell draws the most (33%, 8 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Rhodes

On a workday 64 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.

64live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
7work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night110
Workday53
110live here− 64head out to work+ 7come in to work= 53on a workday

About 53 people are in Rhodes on a workday afternoon, 52% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.11jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Out of Rhodes to work: where people go

Scobey: 1 residents work here (2%)Eureka: 1 residents work here (2%)Libby: 1 residents work here (2%)Columbia Falls: 1 residents work here (2%)Polson: 1 residents work here (2%)Whitefish: 3 residents work here (5%)Kalispell: 21 residents work here (33%)Missoula: 4 residents work here (6%)Billings: 3 residents work here (5%)RhodesKilaEvergreen: 3 residents work here (5%)Seeley LakeKalispellMissoulaWhitefishBillingsEvergreenScobeyRhodes
1
Kalispell8 mi away
33%21
2
Missoula99.4 mi away
6%4
3
Whitefish12.2 mi away
5%3
4
Billings327.5 mi away
5%3
5
Evergreen9.8 mi away
5%3
6
Scobey415.3 mi away
2%1
7
Eureka49.1 mi away
2%1
8
Libby50.4 mi away
2%1
9
Columbia Falls14.3 mi away
2%1
10
Polson43.7 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%25
The top trips

Where Rhodes clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Rhodes

Jobs based in RhodesJobs Rhodes residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%31%
Trade, transport & utilities0%13%
Services: health, schools, offices0%56%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less14%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%27%
Over $3,333 a month57%59%

Who does it

29 or younger29%28%
30 to 5471%50%
55 and older0%22%
+0%

Jobs based in Rhodes, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 7. 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 Rhodes’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Rhodes

Working from home
0%

of Rhodes workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Rhodes gets to work
60%Drive alone
40%Carpool

Share of the 45 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

Near or far: the trip to work from Rhodes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miKalispell: 33% · 8 miMissoula: 6% · 99.4 miWhitefish: 5% · 12.2 miBillings: 5% · 327.5 miEvergreen: 5% · 9.8 miScobey: 2% · 415.3 miEureka: 2% · 49.1 miLibby: 2% · 50.4 miColumbia Falls: 2% · 14.3 miPolson: 2% · 43.7 miKalispell 33%Missoula 6%Whitefish 5%Billings 5%Evergreen 5%Rhodes
RhodesTop destinations (size = commuters)
43%Under 10 mi26 residents
31%10–24 mi19 residents
5%25–50 mi3 residents
21%Over 50 mi13 residents

About 21% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Rhodes: questions

What is the median household income in Rhodes?

$61,583 (±$54,063) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Rhodes?

10.9%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Rhodes work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kalispell (33%, 8 mi), Missoula (6%, 99 mi), Whitefish (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Rhodes 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 Rhodes, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Rhodes

Rhodes home →

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.