Work & commute · Circle

Work & commute in Circle, MT

About one in 3 of Circle’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Billings (7%), Wolf Point (6%) and Miles City (2%). Half commute less than 46 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

58 of 171 working residents

Typical commute

46 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 113 Circle residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 268 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Circle.

113live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

268work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Circle goes to work

Circle (in town)right here

34%58

Billings180.2 mi away

7%12

Wolf Point46.7 mi away

6%10

Miles City70.9 mi away

2%4

Glasgow72.6 mi away

2%3

Great Falls266.9 mi away

2%3

Sidney69.3 mi away

1%2

Kalispell409 mi away

1%2

Missoula398.1 mi away

1%2

Judson, ND97.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%73

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

How far

How far Circle commutes

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

40%

17%

41%

40%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Circle is a job hub

1.91jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Circle are

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

Jobs based in Circle

326 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Circle residents hold

171 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−6%

Jobs based in Circle, 2013 → 2023: 347 → 326. 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.