Toston Bridge · Photo: Robstutz · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Toston
Hardly any work in Toston itself; outside it, Helena draws the most (15%, 40 miles). 24% of workers work from home, next to 12% for Montana as a whole. There are 37 jobs in Toston for 54 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Toston on a workday afternoon
On a workday 54 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.69 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.
The places Toston commutes to
Where Toston clocks in
15% of workers
13% 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.
84% of the jobs in Toston pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Toston, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 37. 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 Toston’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Toston
of Toston workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 148 commuters (the 24% 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.
The distance from Toston to work
About 28% 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 Toston: questions
What is the median household income in Toston?
$63,206 (±$15,589) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Toston?
0.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Toston work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Helena (15%, 40 mi), Bozeman (13%, 38 mi), Townsend (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Toston 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 Toston, from the people who make the trip.
More of Toston
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.