Work & commute · Manhattan

Work & commute in Manhattan, MT

Most working residents leave Manhattan for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Bozeman (25%), Churchill (5%) and Four Corners (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

87 of 928 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 841 Manhattan residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 582 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manhattan.

841live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

582work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manhattan goes to work

Bozeman18 mi away

25%229

Manhattan (in town)right here

9%87

Churchill7.6 mi away

5%47

Four Corners15 mi away

5%44

Belgrade9 mi away

5%42

Billings133.8 mi away

4%36

Big Sky41.6 mi away

3%26

Missoula146.4 mi away

2%18

Helena60.6 mi away

2%16

Three Forks10.9 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%369

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

How far

How far Manhattan commutes

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

31%

44%

20%

31%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manhattan is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Manhattan are

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

Jobs based in Manhattan

669 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Manhattan residents hold

928 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+59%

Jobs based in Manhattan, 2013 → 2023: 420 → 669. 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.