Work & commute · Brockton

Work & commute in Brockton, MT

Most working residents leave Brockton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Poplar (11%), Wolf Point (5%) and Missoula (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 56 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 54 Brockton residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brockton.

54live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

69work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brockton goes to work

Poplar13.9 mi away

11%6

Wolf Point34.3 mi away

5%3

Missoula434.5 mi away

4%2

Billings237.3 mi away

4%2

Brockton (in town)right here

4%2

Glasgow79.7 mi away

2%1

Helena349.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

70%39

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

How far

How far Brockton commutes

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

73%

13%

11%

4%Under 10 mi

73%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brockton 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 Brockton are

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

Jobs based in Brockton

71 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Brockton residents hold

56 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month52%

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.