Mineral Peak Lookout · Photo: nklette · CC BY 3.0Missoula draws about two in three of Twin Creeks’ working residents
Working residents average 33 minutes each way (Montana 19, U.S. 26). Hardly any stay in Twin Creeks for work; outside it, Missoula is the main destination (68%, 14 miles). 6% of workers work from home, where Montana as a whole has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Twin Creeks, and who commutes in
On a workday 80 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Twin Creeks on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.08 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.
Where people from Twin Creeks work
Where Twin Creeks clocks in
68% of workers
3% 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.
33% of the jobs in Twin Creeks make or build things
6 jobs are based in Twin Creeks.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Twin Creeks, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 6. 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 Twin Creeks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Twin Creeks takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Twin Creeks workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 150 commuters (the 6% 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 Twin Creeks goes to work
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 Twin Creeks: questions
What is the median household income in Twin Creeks?
$86,029 (±$14,461) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Twin Creeks?
0.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Twin Creeks?
33 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Twin Creeks work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Twin Creeks 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 Twin Creeks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Twin Creeks
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.