Work & commute · Ekalaka

Work & commute in Ekalaka, MT

About one in 4 of Ekalaka’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Alzada (9%), Miles City (3%) and Great Falls (3%). Half commute less than 60 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

23 of 97 working residents

Typical commute

60 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

6 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 74 Ekalaka residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 137 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ekalaka.

74live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

137work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ekalaka goes to work

Ekalaka (in town)right here

24%23

Alzada60.4 mi away

9%9

Miles City71.2 mi away

3%3

Great Falls338.5 mi away

3%3

Missoula456.4 mi away

3%3

Baker35.5 mi away

2%2

Sidney127.5 mi away

2%2

Helena360 mi away

2%2

Billings192.7 mi away

2%2

Scranton, ND69.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%46

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

How far

How far Ekalaka commutes

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

27%

20%

53%

27%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

53%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ekalaka is a job hub

1.65jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ekalaka are

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

Jobs based in Ekalaka

160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Ekalaka residents hold

97 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+45%

Jobs based in Ekalaka, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 160. 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.