Work & commute · Lame Deer

Work & commute in Lame Deer, MT

60% of Lame Deer’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Ashland (10%), Billings (2%) and Colstrip (1%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60%

215 of 358 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 143 Lame Deer residents head out of town to work, 215 work right here, and 529 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lame Deer.

143live here, work elsewhere

215live and work here

529work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lame Deer goes to work

Lame Deer (in town)right here

60%215

Ashland15.3 mi away

10%36

Billings94.3 mi away

2%6

Colstrip19.1 mi away

1%5

Missoula364.5 mi away

1%4

Sheridan, WY59.3 mi away

1%4

Fort Smith67.4 mi away

1%4

Williston, ND226.1 mi away

1%3

Columbus127.3 mi away

1%2

East Helena262.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%77

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

How far

How far Lame Deer commutes

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

64%

17%

64%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lame Deer is a job hub

2.08jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lame Deer are

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

Jobs based in Lame Deer

744 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Lame Deer residents hold

358 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−28%

Jobs based in Lame Deer, 2013 → 2023: 1,027 → 744. 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.