Work & commute · Absarokee

Work & commute in Absarokee, MT

Most working residents leave Absarokee for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Billings (15%), Columbus (12%) and Fishtail (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

48 of 356 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 308 Absarokee residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Absarokee.

308live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

168work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Absarokee goes to work

Billings47.2 mi away

15%52

Absarokee (in town)right here

13%48

Columbus12.5 mi away

12%42

Fishtail6.1 mi away

3%11

Red Lodge25.2 mi away

3%9

Bozeman78 mi away

2%7

Great Falls162.2 mi away

1%5

Four Corners83.9 mi away

1%4

Big Timber31.9 mi away

1%3

Hardin90.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%172

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Absarokee commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

20%

34%

22%

23%

20%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Absarokee is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Absarokee are

216 jobs are based in Absarokee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Absarokee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Absarokee

216 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Absarokee residents hold

356 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month53%

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Jobs based in Absarokee, 2013 → 2023: 216 → 216. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.