Work & commute · Roy

Work & commute in Roy, MT

Most working residents leave Roy for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lewistown (48%), Billings (6%) and Blackfoot (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 31 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 Roy residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roy.

30live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roy goes to work

Lewistown30.3 mi away

48%15

Billings108.5 mi away

6%2

Blackfoot, ID330 mi away

3%1

Grass Range22.5 mi away

3%1

Judith Gap58.7 mi away

3%1

Harlem83.1 mi away

3%1

Chinook87.7 mi away

3%1

Miles City160.8 mi away

3%1

Polson243 mi away

3%1

Great Falls110 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%6

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

How far

How far Roy commutes

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

10%

52%

35%

3%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

52%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roy is a job hub

1.87jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roy are

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

Jobs based in Roy

58 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Roy residents hold

31 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+427%

Jobs based in Roy, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 58. 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.