Work & commute · Hardin

Work & commute in Hardin, MT

46% of Hardin’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Billings (13%), Crow Agency (13%) and Lockwood (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46%

693 of 1,496 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 803 Hardin residents head out of town to work, 693 work right here, and 1,017 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hardin.

803live here, work elsewhere

693live and work here

1,017work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hardin goes to work

Hardin (in town)right here

46%693

Billings45.6 mi away

13%194

Crow Agency12 mi away

13%188

Lockwood38.5 mi away

2%31

Lame Deer48.8 mi away

1%18

Lodge Grass31.8 mi away

1%13

Ashland64.1 mi away

1%13

Laurel56.6 mi away

1%12

Colstrip48.3 mi away

1%11

Sheridan, WY72.5 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%312

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

How far

How far Hardin commutes

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

49%

17%

20%

14%

49%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hardin is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hardin are

1,710 jobs are based in Hardin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hardin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hardin

1,710 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Hardin residents hold

1,496 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+2%

Jobs based in Hardin, 2013 → 2023: 1,682 → 1,710. 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.