Work & commute · Alder

Work & commute in Alder, MT

Most working residents leave Alder for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Ennis (7%), Virginia City (7%) and Sheridan (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

4 of 30 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

43%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 26 Alder residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alder.

26live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

91work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alder goes to work

Alder (in town)right here

13%4

Ennis18.4 mi away

7%2

Virginia City8.6 mi away

7%2

Sheridan10.3 mi away

7%2

Bozeman56.8 mi away

7%2

Billings175.1 mi away

7%2

Ucon, ID119.7 mi away

3%1

Dillon26.5 mi away

3%1

Livingston78.9 mi away

3%1

Belgrade55.2 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%12

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

How far

How far Alder commutes

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

37%

10%

43%

37%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alder is a job hub

3.17jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alder are

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

Jobs based in Alder

95 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Alder residents hold

30 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+1800%

Jobs based in Alder, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 95. 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.