Photo: Cnw427 · CC BY-SA 3.0Work means Butte-Silver Bow for about two in three of Walkerville’s working residents
Commuters spend 17 minutes getting to work on average, where Montana has 19 and the U.S. 26. Hardly any stay in Walkerville for work; outside it, Butte-Silver Bow is the main destination (67%, 11 miles). Walkerville has 22 jobs, and 293 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Walkerville in brief
More than half of Walkerville works in Butte-Silver Bow
195 working residents, 67%, have their main job in Butte-Silver Bow, 11 miles away. That’s far more as work in Walkerville itself. The commute map ↓
Walkerville is a place people come home to
There are 22 jobs based in Walkerville, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Walkerville has about 380 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Walkerville residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 293 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Walkerville: the destinations
Where Walkerville clocks in
67% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Walkerville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 293 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Walkerville on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
How far it is to work from Walkerville
About 21% 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.
In Walkerville, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walkerville, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 22. 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 Walkerville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Walkerville: about 17 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Walkerville workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 316 commuters (the 8% 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.
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 Walkerville: questions
What is the median household income in Walkerville?
$48,750 (±$26,081) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walkerville?
18.2%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walkerville?
17 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Walkerville work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Walkerville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Walkerville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walkerville
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.