Work & commute · Emigrant

Work & commute in Emigrant, MT

Most working residents leave Emigrant for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Livingston (30%), Bozeman (19%) and Billings (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 176 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 174 Emigrant residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Emigrant.

174live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Emigrant goes to work

Livingston21.7 mi away

30%52

Bozeman25.1 mi away

19%33

Billings110.2 mi away

5%8

Gardiner22.9 mi away

4%7

Missoula187.3 mi away

3%5

Four Corners28.4 mi away

3%5

Big Sky29.3 mi away

3%5

Helena103.3 mi away

2%4

Emigrant (in town)right here

1%2

San Francisco, CA824.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%54

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

How far

How far Emigrant commutes

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

46%

31%

18%

5%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Emigrant is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.38 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Emigrant are

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

Jobs based in Emigrant

66 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Emigrant residents hold

176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+61%

Jobs based in Emigrant, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 66. 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.