Work & commute · Livingston

Work & commute in Livingston, MT

About one in 3 of Livingston’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bozeman (18%), Billings (3%) and Missoula (2%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

1,494 of 4,023 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 2,529 Livingston residents head out of town to work, 1,494 work right here, and 2,036 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Livingston.

2,529live here, work elsewhere

1,494live and work here

2,036work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Livingston goes to work

Livingston (in town)right here

37%1,494

Bozeman24.1 mi away

18%740

Billings97 mi away

3%113

Missoula185.6 mi away

2%74

Helena95.1 mi away

2%65

Big Sky47 mi away

1%58

Four Corners30.1 mi away

1%56

Great Falls131.7 mi away

1%52

Pray17.8 mi away

1%52

Clyde Park15.3 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%1,279

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

How far

How far Livingston commutes

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

45%

24%

13%

17%

45%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Livingston is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Livingston are

3,530 jobs are based in Livingston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Livingston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Livingston

3,530 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Livingston residents hold

4,023 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+21%

Jobs based in Livingston, 2013 → 2023: 2,912 → 3,530. 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.