Work & commute · Rockvale

Work & commute in Rockvale, MT

Most working residents leave Rockvale for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Billings (41%), Joliet (16%) and Red Lodge (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 82 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 82 Rockvale residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockvale.

82live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockvale goes to work

Billings24.2 mi away

41%34

Joliet5.4 mi away

16%13

Red Lodge29 mi away

6%5

Laurel11.7 mi away

4%3

Miles City158 mi away

2%2

Philipsburg219.9 mi away

1%1

Bridger15.6 mi away

1%1

Columbus20 mi away

1%1

Havre212.3 mi away

1%1

East Helena163.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%20

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

How far

How far Rockvale commutes

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

20%

43%

22%

15%

20%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockvale 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 Rockvale are

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

Jobs based in Rockvale

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month78%

Over $3,333 a month7%

Jobs Rockvale residents hold

82 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+1250%

Jobs based in Rockvale, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 27. 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.