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Work & commute · Fort Smith

Work & commute in Fort Smith, MT

Most working residents leave Fort Smith for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Billings (26%), Hardin (17%) and Crow Agency (15%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
3 of 54 working residents
Typical commute
43 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 51 Fort Smith residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Smith.

51live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
79work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Fort Smith goes to work

HaydenLodge GrassHarlowtonBridgerWolf PointLaurelHardinMiles CityColstripBozemanBillingsSheridanFort SmithCrow AgencyPryorLame DeerBillingsHardinCrow AgencyMiles CityHaydenLodge GrassHarlowtonBridgerWolf PointFort Smith
1
Billings44.5 mi away
26%14
2
Hardin33.6 mi away
17%9
3
Crow Agency30.5 mi away
15%8
4
Miles City126 mi away
6%3
5
Fort Smith (in town)right here
6%3
6
Hayden, ID454 mi away
2%1
7
Lodge Grass27.5 mi away
2%1
8
Harlowton120 mi away
2%1
9
Bridger47.8 mi away
2%1
10
Wolf Point220.7 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
22%12

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

How far

How far Fort Smith commutes

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

7%Under 10 mi
2%10–24 mi
69%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Smith is a job hub

1.52jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Smith are

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

Jobs based in Fort Smith

82 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)83%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Fort Smith residents hold

54 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)74%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month50%
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.

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