Work & commute · Jordan

Work & commute in Jordan, MT

About one in 3 of Jordan’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Miles City (4%), Billings (3%) and Gillette (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

36 of 104 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 68 Jordan residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jordan.

68live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jordan goes to work

Jordan (in town)right here

35%36

Miles City81 mi away

4%4

Billings131.5 mi away

3%3

Gillette, WY221.3 mi away

3%3

Wolf Point79.5 mi away

2%2

Helena246 mi away

2%2

Sheridan, WY174.5 mi away

2%2

Circle62.3 mi away

1%1

Big Timber177.1 mi away

1%1

Sheridan282.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%49

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

How far

How far Jordan commutes

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

42%

12%

40%

42%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jordan is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jordan are

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

Jobs based in Jordan

150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Jordan residents hold

104 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−6%

Jobs based in Jordan, 2013 → 2023: 159 → 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.