Work & commute · Broadus

Work & commute in Broadus, MT

About one in 4 of Broadus’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Billings (5%), Baker (3%) and Miles City (3%). Half commute less than 46 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

42 of 150 working residents

Typical commute

46 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

7 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 108 Broadus residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 196 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Broadus.

108live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

196work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Broadus goes to work

Broadus (in town)right here

28%42

Billings153.8 mi away

5%8

Baker83.9 mi away

3%4

Miles City69.7 mi away

3%4

Gillette, WY81 mi away

3%4

Sheridan, WY88 mi away

2%3

Ekalaka51.6 mi away

1%2

Laurel163.7 mi away

1%2

Sidney167.7 mi away

1%2

Colstrip66.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%77

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

How far

How far Broadus commutes

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

41%

49%

41%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Broadus is a job hub

1.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Broadus are

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

Jobs based in Broadus

238 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Broadus residents hold

150 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−19%

Jobs based in Broadus, 2013 → 2023: 293 → 238. 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.