Work & commute · Bridger

Work & commute in Bridger, MT

Most working residents leave Bridger for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Billings (31%), Red Lodge (4%) and Fromberg (4%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

37 of 270 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 233 Bridger residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 156 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bridger.

233live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

156work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bridger goes to work

Billings38.4 mi away

31%85

Bridger (in town)right here

14%37

Red Lodge17.7 mi away

4%12

Fromberg6.9 mi away

4%11

Laurel27.1 mi away

3%7

Columbus28.5 mi away

2%6

Miles City166.8 mi away

1%4

Missoula268 mi away

1%4

Lockwood44.7 mi away

1%4

Boise City, ID379.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%97

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

How far

How far Bridger commutes

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

21%

11%

48%

19%

21%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

48%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bridger is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bridger are

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

Jobs based in Bridger

193 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Bridger residents hold

270 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−7%

Jobs based in Bridger, 2013 → 2023: 207 → 193. 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.