Work & commute · Dillon

Work & commute in Dillon, MT

45% of Dillon’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Bozeman (4%), Helena (4%) and Billings (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

797 of 1,784 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 987 Dillon residents head out of town to work, 797 work right here, and 1,426 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dillon.

987live here, work elsewhere

797live and work here

1,426work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dillon goes to work

Dillon (in town)right here

45%797

Bozeman83.1 mi away

4%72

Helena99.7 mi away

4%67

Billings201.6 mi away

3%56

Missoula132.5 mi away

2%37

Livingston105.4 mi away

1%18

Anaconda-Deer Lodge County65.3 mi away

1%15

Great Falls170.2 mi away

1%14

Twin Bridges26.8 mi away

1%13

Hamilton102.6 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%683

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

How far

How far Dillon commutes

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

56%

36%

56%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dillon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dillon are

2,223 jobs are based in Dillon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dillon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dillon

2,223 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Dillon residents hold

1,784 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+16%

Jobs based in Dillon, 2013 → 2023: 1,924 → 2,223. 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.