Work & commute · Churchill

Work & commute in Churchill, MT

Most working residents leave Churchill for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Bozeman (28%), Manhattan (10%) and Four Corners (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 497 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 477 Churchill residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 269 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Churchill.

477live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

269work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Churchill goes to work

Bozeman13.2 mi away

28%141

Manhattan7.6 mi away

10%49

Four Corners8.4 mi away

4%22

Churchill (in town)right here

4%20

Belgrade6.8 mi away

3%16

Billings132.9 mi away

2%10

King Arthur Park10.5 mi away

2%9

Big Sky34.1 mi away

2%9

Helena67.5 mi away

1%7

Missoula151.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%207

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

How far

How far Churchill commutes

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

43%

38%

14%

43%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Churchill is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Churchill are

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

Jobs based in Churchill

289 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Churchill residents hold

497 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+61%

Jobs based in Churchill, 2013 → 2023: 179 → 289. 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.