Work and commuting in Springwater Colony
Home is the office for 0% of workers; Montana has 12%. Hardly any stay in Springwater Colony for work; outside it, Harlowton is the main destination (35%, 4 miles). Springwater Colony has 23 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Springwater Colony for work, and who comes in
On a workday 23 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 19 people are in Springwater Colony on a workday afternoon, 55% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Out of Springwater Colony to work: where people go
Where Springwater Colony clocks in
9% 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.
Working from home in Springwater Colony
of Springwater Colony workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 42 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.
Springwater Colony’s commute, mile by mile
About 39% 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Springwater Colony workers work outside Montana. The job records count 12% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Springwater Colony: questions
What is the poverty rate in Springwater Colony?
0.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Springwater Colony work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harlowton (35%, 4 mi), Glasgow (9%, 189 mi), Judith Gap (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Springwater Colony, from the people who make the trip.
More of Springwater Colony
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.