Work & commute · Pryor

Work & commute in Pryor, MT

Most working residents leave Pryor for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Crow Agency (22%), Billings (18%) and Hardin (6%). Half commute less than 51 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 110 working residents

Typical commute

51 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 104 Pryor residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pryor.

104live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pryor goes to work

Crow Agency53.5 mi away

22%24

Billings26.1 mi away

18%20

Hardin50.1 mi away

6%7

Fort Smith29.7 mi away

6%7

Pryor (in town)right here

5%6

Ashland108.9 mi away

4%4

Lame Deer93.9 mi away

3%3

Lodge Grass56.8 mi away

2%2

Laurel21.7 mi away

2%2

Bozeman123.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%33

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

How far

How far Pryor commutes

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

12%

30%

53%

6%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

53%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pryor is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pryor are

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

Jobs based in Pryor

36 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Pryor residents hold

110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+3500%

Jobs based in Pryor, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 36. 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.