Work & commute · Boyd

Work & commute in Boyd, MT

Most working residents leave Boyd for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Billings (17%) and Lockwood (17%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 6 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6 Boyd residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boyd.

6live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boyd goes to work

Billings34 mi away

17%1

Lockwood41.6 mi away

17%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%4

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

How far

How far Boyd commutes

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

17%

50%

33%

17%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

0%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boyd is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boyd are

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

Jobs based in Boyd

3 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less67%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Boyd residents hold

6 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month33%

+50%

Jobs based in Boyd, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 3. 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.