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Work & commute · Babb

Work & commute in Babb, MT

Most working residents leave Babb for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Browning (28%), East Glacier Park Village (26%) and South Browning (10%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
1 of 39 working residents
Typical commute
30 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— 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 38 Babb residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 219 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Babb.

38live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
219work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Babb goes to work

Cut BankDeer LodgeDillonColumbia FallsKalispellHelenaGreat FallsWillistonHay CreekBrowningSouth BrowningNorth BrowningEast Glacier Park VillageEvergreenBabbBrowningEast Glacier Park VillageSouth BrowningNorth BrowningCut BankDeer LodgeDillonGreat FallsWillistonHay CreekBabb
1
Browning30.3 mi away
28%11
2
East Glacier Park Village32.3 mi away
26%10
3
South Browning31 mi away
10%4
4
North Browning29.1 mi away
10%4
5
Cut Bank54 mi away
3%1
6
Deer Lodge175.2 mi away
3%1
7
Dillon256.5 mi away
3%1
8
Great Falls137.8 mi away
3%1
9
Williston, ND450.7 mi away
3%1
10
Hay Creek, ND601.9 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
10%4

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

How far

How far Babb commutes

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

3%Under 10 mi
0%10–24 mi
79%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Babb is a job hub

5.64jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Babb are

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

Jobs based in Babb

220 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)100%
$1,250 a month or less1%
$1,251–$3,333 a month14%
Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Babb residents hold

39 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)8%
Trade, transport & utilities13%
Services (health, schools, offices…)79%
$1,250 a month or less5%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month62%
+746%

Jobs based in Babb, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 220. 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.

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