Work & commute · Dodson

Work & commute in Dodson, MT

Most working residents leave Dodson for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Malta (37%), Whitewater (10%) and Big Sandy (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 30 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 28 Dodson residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dodson.

28live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dodson goes to work

Malta17.5 mi away

37%11

Whitewater38 mi away

10%3

Dodson (in town)right here

7%2

Big Sandy87.1 mi away

7%2

Hays32.7 mi away

7%2

Chinook47 mi away

3%1

Laurel189.7 mi away

3%1

Belgrade227.1 mi away

3%1

Bozeman229.3 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%6

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

How far

How far Dodson commutes

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

43%

27%

23%

7%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dodson is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dodson are

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

Jobs based in Dodson

26 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Dodson residents hold

30 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−28%

Jobs based in Dodson, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 26. 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.