Work & commute · Deer Lodge

Work & commute in Deer Lodge, MT

About one in 3 of Deer Lodge’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Helena (7%), Missoula (4%) and Anaconda-Deer Lodge County (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

311 of 997 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 686 Deer Lodge residents head out of town to work, 311 work right here, and 776 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deer Lodge.

686live here, work elsewhere

311live and work here

776work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Deer Lodge goes to work

Deer Lodge (in town)right here

31%311

Helena36.6 mi away

7%65

Missoula69.6 mi away

4%35

Anaconda-Deer Lodge County28.7 mi away

3%33

Bozeman94.5 mi away

3%31

Billings204.7 mi away

3%28

Great Falls101.9 mi away

1%12

Ovando47.1 mi away

1%9

Dillon81.7 mi away

1%7

Hamilton68.8 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%460

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

How far

How far Deer Lodge commutes

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

53%

20%

24%

53%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Deer Lodge is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Deer Lodge are

1,087 jobs are based in Deer Lodge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Deer Lodge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Deer Lodge

1,087 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Deer Lodge residents hold

997 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+16%

Jobs based in Deer Lodge, 2013 → 2023: 940 → 1,087. 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.