Work & commute · Moore

Work & commute in Moore, MT

Most working residents leave Moore for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lewistown (36%), Billings (16%) and Helena (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 69 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 68 Moore residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moore.

68live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

68work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moore goes to work

Lewistown12.6 mi away

36%25

Billings98.4 mi away

16%11

Helena113 mi away

4%3

Grass Range42.2 mi away

1%1

Moore (in town)right here

1%1

Harlowton37.8 mi away

1%1

Neihart49.2 mi away

1%1

Miles City186.9 mi away

1%1

Livingston99.3 mi away

1%1

Whitefish238.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%23

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

How far

How far Moore commutes

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

52%

32%

9%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moore is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Moore are

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

Jobs based in Moore

69 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Moore residents hold

69 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−19%

Jobs based in Moore, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 69. 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.