Most of Spokane Creek commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Spokane Creek itself; outside it, Helena draws the most (22%, 14 miles). 12 jobs are based in Spokane Creek for 206 working residents. Working residents average 29 minutes each way, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Spokane Creek and work: the main findings
Spokane Creek is a place people come home to
There are 12 jobs based in Spokane Creek, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Spokane Creek has about 550 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
47% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Spokane Creek workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 19 across Montana. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 206 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Spokane Creek, and who commutes in
On a workday 206 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Spokane Creek on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
How far Spokane Creek goes to work
About 47% 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.
Time on the road from Spokane Creek: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spokane Creek workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 535 commuters (the 8% 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.
Where Spokane Creek’s working residents head each day
Where Spokane Creek clocks in
22% of workers
13% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Spokane Creek: what the 12 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spokane Creek, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 12. 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 Spokane Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Spokane Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Spokane Creek?
$127,250 (±$67,342) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spokane Creek?
0.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spokane Creek?
29 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spokane Creek work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Helena (22%, 14 mi), Bozeman (13%, 67 mi), Townsend (9%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spokane Creek 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 Spokane Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spokane 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.