Missouri River Bridge · Public domainThere are 3.0 jobs in Wolf Creek for every working resident, and 27 people commute in
Hardly any work in Wolf Creek; the top destination outside it is Helena (44%, 28 miles). 27 jobs are based in Wolf Creek for 9 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Montana as a whole has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Wolf Creek
On a workday 9 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 30 people are in Wolf Creek on a workday afternoon, 150% more than live here.
3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 the people who work in Wolf Creek live
Where Wolf Creek clocks in
44% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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.
What Wolf Creek’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wolf Creek, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 27. 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 Wolf Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Wolf Creek
of Wolf Creek workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5 commuters (the 0% 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 Wolf Creek
About 33% 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 Wolf Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Wolf Creek?
$72,500 (±$15,260) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wolf Creek?
0.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Wolf Creek work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Helena (44%, 28 mi), Bozeman (11%, 104 mi), Lockwood (11%, 193 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wolf Creek 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 Wolf Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wolf Creek
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.