Ant Flat Ranger Station · Photo: USFS photo · Public domainMost of Trego commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 37 jobs in Trego for 161 working residents. Hardly any work in Trego itself; outside it, Eureka draws the most (19%, 17 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 27 minutes, where Montana has 19 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Trego quiets down on a workday
On a workday 160 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 570 people are in Trego on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
The towns that employ Trego’s residents
Where Trego clocks in
19% 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.
Trego makes things: 49% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Trego, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 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 Trego’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Trego
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Trego workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 264 commuters (the 12% 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 it is to work from Trego
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 Trego: questions
What is the median household income in Trego?
$108,750 (±$27,219) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Trego?
3.9%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Trego?
27 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Trego work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eureka (19%, 17 mi), Fortine (6%, 8 mi), Libby (6%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Trego 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 Trego, from the people who make the trip.
More of Trego
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.