Work & commute · McAllister

Work & commute in McAllister, MT

Most working residents leave McAllister for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Big Sky (19%), Ennis (16%) and Bozeman (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 86 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 84 McAllister residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McAllister.

84live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McAllister goes to work

Big Sky22.8 mi away

19%16

Ennis6.2 mi away

16%14

Bozeman36.6 mi away

9%8

Billings155.2 mi away

5%4

Sheridan22.8 mi away

2%2

Livingston58.8 mi away

2%2

Helena81.3 mi away

2%2

Great Falls144.2 mi away

2%2

Alder20.3 mi away

2%2

McAllister (in town)right here

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%32

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

How far

How far McAllister commutes

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

29%

28%

19%

24%

29%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McAllister is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in McAllister are

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

Jobs based in McAllister

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month80%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs McAllister residents hold

86 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−75%

Jobs based in McAllister, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 15. 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.