Work & commute · Red Lodge

Work & commute in Red Lodge, MT

53% of Red Lodge’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Billings (11%), Helena (2%) and Bozeman (1%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53%

420 of 799 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 379 Red Lodge residents head out of town to work, 420 work right here, and 1,031 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Red Lodge.

379live here, work elsewhere

420live and work here

1,031work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Red Lodge goes to work

Red Lodge (in town)right here

53%420

Billings53.2 mi away

11%89

Helena164.6 mi away

2%14

Bozeman93.8 mi away

1%11

Roberts10.9 mi away

1%11

Great Falls187.1 mi away

1%9

Powell, WY38.3 mi away

1%6

Columbus30.6 mi away

1%5

Missoula256.8 mi away

1%5

Gillette, WY194.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%224

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

How far

How far Red Lodge commutes

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

59%

28%

59%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Red Lodge is a job hub

1.82jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Red Lodge are

1,451 jobs are based in Red Lodge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Red Lodge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Red Lodge

1,451 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Red Lodge residents hold

799 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+36%

Jobs based in Red Lodge, 2013 → 2023: 1,066 → 1,451. 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.