Work & commute · Pray

Work & commute in Pray, MT

Most working residents leave Pray for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Livingston (30%), Bozeman (15%) and Billings (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 315 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 309 Pray residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pray.

309live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

168work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pray goes to work

Livingston17.8 mi away

30%93

Bozeman26.9 mi away

15%47

Billings104.5 mi away

3%9

Helena104.7 mi away

3%8

Great Falls147.4 mi away

2%6

Missoula190.5 mi away

2%6

Gardiner25.6 mi away

2%6

South Glastonbury10.6 mi away

2%6

Pray (in town)right here

2%6

Emigrant5.7 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%123

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

How far

How far Pray commutes

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

48%

25%

20%

7%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pray is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pray are

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

Jobs based in Pray

174 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Pray residents hold

315 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−12%

Jobs based in Pray, 2013 → 2023: 198 → 174. 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.