Work & commute · Four Corners

Work & commute in Four Corners, MT

Most working residents leave Four Corners for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Bozeman (40%), Big Sky (9%) and Belgrade (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

298 of 3,018 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,720 Four Corners residents head out of town to work, 298 work right here, and 4,108 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Four Corners.

2,720live here, work elsewhere

298live and work here

4,108work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Four Corners goes to work

Bozeman6.1 mi away

40%1,214

Four Corners (in town)right here

10%298

Big Sky29.5 mi away

9%257

Belgrade7.8 mi away

4%127

Billings126.9 mi away

3%81

Helena75.6 mi away

2%59

Gallatin Gateway5.7 mi away

2%55

Missoula159.4 mi away

2%50

Great Falls126.8 mi away

1%32

King Arthur Park2.4 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%813

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

How far

How far Four Corners commutes

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

71%

11%

16%

71%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Four Corners is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Four Corners are

4,406 jobs are based in Four Corners. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Four Corners’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Four Corners

4,406 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Four Corners residents hold

3,018 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+110%

Jobs based in Four Corners, 2013 → 2023: 2,095 → 4,406. 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.