Work & commute · Drummond

Work & commute in Drummond, MT

Most working residents leave Drummond for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Missoula (26%), Hamilton (6%) and Bozeman (6%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 65 working residents

Typical commute

44 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 63 Drummond residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Drummond.

63live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

67work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Drummond goes to work

Missoula44 mi away

26%17

Hamilton56.1 mi away

6%4

Bozeman121 mi away

6%4

Drummond (in town)right here

3%2

Philipsburg24.2 mi away

3%2

Deer Lodge27 mi away

3%2

Great Falls104.3 mi away

3%2

Billings227.8 mi away

3%2

Bonner-West Riverside38 mi away

3%2

Big Sandy176.1 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%27

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

How far

How far Drummond commutes

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

15%

45%

31%

15%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Drummond is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Drummond are

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

Jobs based in Drummond

69 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Drummond residents hold

65 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−34%

Jobs based in Drummond, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 69. 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.