Work & commute · Roberts

Work & commute in Roberts, MT

Most working residents leave Roberts for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Red Lodge (33%), Billings (17%) and Joliet (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 108 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 Roberts residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roberts.

104live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

67work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roberts goes to work

Red Lodge10.9 mi away

33%36

Billings43.3 mi away

17%18

Roberts (in town)right here

4%4

Joliet14.1 mi away

3%3

Bridger13.3 mi away

2%2

Livingston70.2 mi away

2%2

Cody, WY57.1 mi away

2%2

Denver, CO443.3 mi away

1%1

Townsend131.2 mi away

1%1

Deer Lodge185.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%38

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

How far

How far Roberts commutes

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

10%

52%

21%

17%

10%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roberts is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roberts are

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

Jobs based in Roberts

71 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Roberts residents hold

108 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−62%

Jobs based in Roberts, 2013 → 2023: 186 → 71. 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.