Work & commute · Glasgow

Work & commute in Glasgow, MT

52% of Glasgow’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Billings (4%), Wolf Point (2%) and Nashua (2%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52%

770 of 1,485 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 715 Glasgow residents head out of town to work, 770 work right here, and 951 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glasgow.

715live here, work elsewhere

770live and work here

951work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glasgow goes to work

Glasgow (in town)right here

52%770

Billings189.5 mi away

4%63

Wolf Point46.3 mi away

2%37

Nashua13.5 mi away

2%28

Miles City129.3 mi away

1%19

Sidney118.8 mi away

1%19

Opheim46.6 mi away

1%16

Bozeman271.5 mi away

1%14

Glendive117 mi away

1%13

Frazer28.8 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%493

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

How far

How far Glasgow commutes

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

61%

27%

61%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glasgow is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Glasgow are

1,721 jobs are based in Glasgow. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glasgow’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Glasgow

1,721 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Glasgow residents hold

1,485 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−8%

Jobs based in Glasgow, 2013 → 2023: 1,880 → 1,721. 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.