Work & commute · Rocky Boy West

Work & commute in Rocky Boy West, MT

Most working residents leave Rocky Boy West for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Rocky Boy's Agency (10%), Big Sandy (6%) and Great Falls (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

26 of 226 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 200 Rocky Boy West residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rocky Boy West.

200live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

158work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rocky Boy West goes to work

Rocky Boy West (in town)right here

12%26

Rocky Boy's Agency10.3 mi away

10%22

Big Sandy9.9 mi away

6%14

Great Falls81.8 mi away

4%8

Billings186.1 mi away

3%6

Havre22.2 mi away

2%5

Missoula212.1 mi away

1%3

Fort Benton44.6 mi away

1%2

Helena151 mi away

1%2

Bozeman187.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%136

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

How far

How far Rocky Boy West commutes

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

21%

33%

38%

21%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rocky Boy West is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rocky Boy West are

184 jobs are based in Rocky Boy West. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rocky Boy West’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rocky Boy West

184 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Rocky Boy West residents hold

226 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+48%

Jobs based in Rocky Boy West, 2013 → 2023: 124 → 184. 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.