Logging Creek Ranger Station Historic District · Photo: National Park Service inventory · Public domainJobs, income and commuting in Turner Colony, MT
1% of workers have no commute at all, where Montana as a whole has 12%. Hardly any work in Turner Colony itself; outside it, Harlem draws the most (30%, 23 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 18 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
How a workday changes Turner Colony
On a workday 30 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Turner Colony on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
The towns that employ Turner Colony’s residents
Where Turner Colony clocks in
30% of workers
13% 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.
Getting to work from Turner Colony takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Turner Colony workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 74 commuters (the 1% 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 Turner Colony to work
About 43% 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 Turner Colony: questions
What is the median household income in Turner Colony?
$133,125 (±$86,432) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Turner Colony?
40.1%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Turner Colony?
18 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Turner Colony work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harlem (30%, 23 mi), Billings (13%, 206 mi), Turner (13%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Turner Colony without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Turner Colony, from the people who make the trip.
More of Turner 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.