Work & commute · Hysham

Work & commute in Hysham, MT

About one in 4 of Hysham’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Billings (11%), Forsyth (5%) and Miles City (3%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

32 of 137 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 105 Hysham residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hysham.

105live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

81work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hysham goes to work

Hysham (in town)right here

23%32

Billings72.3 mi away

11%15

Forsyth26.7 mi away

5%7

Miles City66.8 mi away

3%4

West Glendive130.2 mi away

2%3

Wolf Point145.2 mi away

1%2

Hardin42 mi away

1%2

Belgrade192.6 mi away

1%2

Helena228.9 mi away

1%2

Worden50.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%66

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

How far

How far Hysham commutes

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

34%

11%

47%

34%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hysham is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hysham are

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

Jobs based in Hysham

113 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Hysham residents hold

137 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+12%

Jobs based in Hysham, 2013 → 2023: 101 → 113. 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.