Work & commute · Belgrade

Work & commute in Belgrade, MT

Most working residents leave Belgrade for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Bozeman (38%), Four Corners (6%) and Big Sky (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

831 of 6,718 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,887 Belgrade residents head out of town to work, 831 work right here, and 2,711 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belgrade.

5,887live here, work elsewhere

831live and work here

2,711work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belgrade goes to work

Bozeman9.2 mi away

38%2,553

Belgrade (in town)right here

12%831

Four Corners7.8 mi away

6%426

Big Sky37.1 mi away

3%189

Helena69.1 mi away

3%178

Billings126.5 mi away

2%130

Great Falls119 mi away

2%108

Missoula155.4 mi away

1%92

King Arthur Park8.4 mi away

1%72

Livingston31.1 mi away

1%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%2,079

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

How far

How far Belgrade commutes

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

60%

19%

15%

60%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belgrade is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Belgrade are

3,542 jobs are based in Belgrade. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Belgrade’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Belgrade

3,542 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Belgrade residents hold

6,718 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+35%

Jobs based in Belgrade, 2013 → 2023: 2,623 → 3,542. 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.