Roscoe has 7.0 jobs for every working resident: 21 people commute in to work
Hardly any work in Roscoe itself; outside it, Red Lodge draws the most (33%, 16 miles). There are 21 jobs in Roscoe, and 3 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Roscoe’s population more than triples on a workday
On a workday 3 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 23 people are in Roscoe on a workday afternoon, 360% more 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.
Commuting in to Roscoe: where workers come from
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.
In Roscoe, services account for most jobs
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 Roscoe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Roscoe commutes
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 Roscoe: questions
What is the poverty rate in Roscoe?
0.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Roscoe work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Red Lodge (33%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roscoe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roscoe
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.