Work & commute · Lewistown

Work & commute in Lewistown, MT

52% of Lewistown’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Billings (8%), Bozeman (2%) and Roy (1%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52%

1,380 of 2,664 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 1,284 Lewistown residents head out of town to work, 1,380 work right here, and 1,359 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lewistown.

1,284live here, work elsewhere

1,380live and work here

1,359work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lewistown goes to work

Lewistown (in town)right here

52%1,380

Billings97.2 mi away

8%222

Bozeman121.6 mi away

2%58

Roy30.3 mi away

1%26

Harlowton46.2 mi away

1%23

Miles City176.8 mi away

1%23

Moore12.6 mi away

1%20

Livingston109.2 mi away

1%19

Great Falls92 mi away

1%19

Missoula216 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%856

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

How far

How far Lewistown commutes

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

63%

29%

63%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lewistown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lewistown are

2,739 jobs are based in Lewistown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lewistown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lewistown

2,739 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Lewistown residents hold

2,664 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+10%

Jobs based in Lewistown, 2013 → 2023: 2,495 → 2,739. 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.