Work & commute · Bozeman

Work & commute in Bozeman, MT

56% of Bozeman’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Big Sky (5%), Four Corners (4%) and Billings (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56%

15,494 of 27,434 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,940 Bozeman residents head out of town to work, 15,494 work right here, and 22,046 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bozeman.

11,940live here, work elsewhere

15,494live and work here

22,046work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bozeman goes to work

Bozeman (in town)right here

56%15,494

Big Sky32.3 mi away

5%1,368

Four Corners6.1 mi away

4%1,189

Billings120.9 mi away

3%722

Belgrade9.2 mi away

2%600

Helena78.2 mi away

2%559

Missoula164.1 mi away

2%432

Great Falls126.3 mi away

1%343

Livingston24.1 mi away

1%226

Bridger11.4 mi away

1%214

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%6,287

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

How far

How far Bozeman commutes

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

73%

17%

73%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bozeman is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bozeman are

37,540 jobs are based in Bozeman. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bozeman’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bozeman

37,540 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Bozeman residents hold

27,434 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+36%

Jobs based in Bozeman, 2013 → 2023: 27,646 → 37,540. 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.