Work & commute · Lockwood

Work & commute in Lockwood, MT

Most working residents leave Lockwood for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Billings (60%), Laurel (2%) and Bozeman (1%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

425 of 3,562 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 3,137 Lockwood residents head out of town to work, 425 work right here, and 2,733 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lockwood.

3,137live here, work elsewhere

425live and work here

2,733work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lockwood goes to work

Billings8 mi away

60%2,137

Lockwood (in town)right here

12%425

Laurel21.3 mi away

2%62

Bozeman128.5 mi away

1%53

Helena181 mi away

1%37

Missoula277.9 mi away

1%36

Hardin38.5 mi away

1%33

Great Falls179.7 mi away

1%25

Worden14.5 mi away

0%13

Crow Agency47.9 mi away

0%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%728

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

How far

How far Lockwood commutes

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

72%

13%

12%

72%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lockwood is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lockwood are

3,158 jobs are based in Lockwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lockwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lockwood

3,158 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Lockwood residents hold

3,562 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+9%

Jobs based in Lockwood, 2013 → 2023: 2,890 → 3,158. 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.