Work & commute · Augusta

Work & commute in Augusta, MT

Most working residents leave Augusta for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (19%), Missoula (10%) and East Helena (7%). Half commute less than 64 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 69 working residents

Typical commute

64 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 66 Augusta residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Augusta.

66live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

69work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Augusta goes to work

Lincoln39.3 mi away

19%13

Missoula87.7 mi away

10%7

East Helena66.3 mi away

7%5

Billings216.7 mi away

7%5

Helena64.2 mi away

6%4

Great Falls51 mi away

4%3

Augusta (in town)right here

4%3

Helena West Side63.1 mi away

4%3

Helena Valley Southeast64.2 mi away

3%2

Fairfield21 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%23

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

How far

How far Augusta commutes

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

22%

67%

7%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

67%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Augusta is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Augusta are

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

Jobs based in Augusta

72 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month11%

Jobs Augusta residents hold

69 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+157%

Jobs based in Augusta, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 72. 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.