Work & commute · Joliet

Work & commute in Joliet, MT

Most working residents leave Joliet for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Billings (35%), Laurel (7%) and Red Lodge (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 242 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 226 Joliet residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Joliet.

226live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

134work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Joliet goes to work

Billings29.2 mi away

35%85

Laurel16.2 mi away

7%18

Joliet (in town)right here

7%16

Red Lodge24.2 mi away

4%10

Bozeman101.6 mi away

3%8

Edgar5.8 mi away

2%5

Lockwood36.6 mi away

2%5

Columbus17 mi away

2%4

Helena165 mi away

2%4

Miles City163.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%84

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

How far

How far Joliet commutes

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

14%

21%

43%

22%

14%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Joliet is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Joliet are

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

Jobs based in Joliet

150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Joliet residents hold

242 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−20%

Jobs based in Joliet, 2013 → 2023: 188 → 150. 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.