Work & commute · Bearcreek

Work & commute in Bearcreek, MT

Most working residents leave Bearcreek for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Red Lodge (26%), Billings (14%) and Fromberg (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 43 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 39 Bearcreek residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bearcreek.

39live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bearcreek goes to work

Red Lodge5.1 mi away

26%11

Billings52.4 mi away

14%6

Bearcreek (in town)right here

9%4

Fromberg20.3 mi away

5%2

Bridger15 mi away

2%1

Wolf Point262.4 mi away

2%1

Laurel40 mi away

2%1

Bozeman98.8 mi away

2%1

Worland, WY98.3 mi away

2%1

Gillette, WY189.8 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%14

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

How far

How far Bearcreek commutes

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

40%

12%

21%

28%

40%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bearcreek is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bearcreek are

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

Jobs based in Bearcreek

24 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Bearcreek residents hold

43 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+41%

Jobs based in Bearcreek, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 24. 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.