Work & commute · Fishtail

Work & commute in Fishtail, MT

Most working residents leave Fishtail for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Billings (12%), Bozeman (8%) and Absarokee (8%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 25 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 25 Fishtail residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fishtail.

25live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

51work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fishtail goes to work

Billings51.8 mi away

12%3

Bozeman76.5 mi away

8%2

Absarokee6.1 mi away

8%2

Big Timber34.1 mi away

4%1

Red Lodge21.6 mi away

4%1

Hardin94.1 mi away

4%1

Miles City188.3 mi away

4%1

Missoula237.6 mi away

4%1

Williston, ND335.4 mi away

4%1

Lockwood59.8 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%11

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

How far

How far Fishtail commutes

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

16%

32%

12%

40%

16%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fishtail is a job hub

2.04jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fishtail are

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

Jobs based in Fishtail

51 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less69%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month10%

Jobs Fishtail residents hold

25 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+920%

Jobs based in Fishtail, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 51. 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.