Work & commute · Rapelje

Work & commute in Rapelje, MT

Most working residents leave Rapelje for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Billings (43%), Columbus (13%) and Big Timber (3%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 30 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 30 Rapelje residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rapelje.

30live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rapelje goes to work

Billings36.2 mi away

43%13

Columbus23.2 mi away

13%4

Big Timber34.5 mi away

3%1

Laurel31 mi away

3%1

Red Lodge53.8 mi away

3%1

Miles City166.2 mi away

3%1

Sidney269 mi away

3%1

Park City28.5 mi away

3%1

Lockwood42.5 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%6

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

How far

How far Rapelje commutes

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

13%

77%

10%

0%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

77%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rapelje is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rapelje are

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

Jobs based in Rapelje

36 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Rapelje residents hold

30 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+140%

Jobs based in Rapelje, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 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.