Work & commute · Big Timber

Work & commute in Big Timber, MT

About one in 3 of Big Timber’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Billings (7%), Bozeman (4%) and Livingston (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

208 of 601 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 393 Big Timber residents head out of town to work, 208 work right here, and 558 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Timber.

393live here, work elsewhere

208live and work here

558work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Big Timber goes to work

Big Timber (in town)right here

35%208

Billings67.3 mi away

7%42

Bozeman54.3 mi away

4%25

Livingston31.5 mi away

2%14

Columbus36.4 mi away

2%10

Havre187.5 mi away

1%8

Helena112.1 mi away

1%7

Great Falls131.8 mi away

1%6

Lockwood74.7 mi away

1%6

Laurel57.6 mi away

0%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%272

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

How far

How far Big Timber commutes

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

57%

31%

57%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Big Timber is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Timber are

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

Jobs based in Big Timber

766 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Big Timber residents hold

601 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−9%

Jobs based in Big Timber, 2013 → 2023: 840 → 766. 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.