Work & commute · Saco

Work & commute in Saco, MT

Most working residents leave Saco for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Malta (45%), Whitewater (10%) and Billings (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 49 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 49 Saco residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saco.

49live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saco goes to work

Malta25.3 mi away

45%22

Whitewater24.9 mi away

10%5

Billings193 mi away

6%3

San Juan Capistrano, CA1162.6 mi away

2%1

Poplar101.5 mi away

2%1

Chinook87 mi away

2%1

Glasgow37.1 mi away

2%1

Havre107.1 mi away

2%1

Helena253.2 mi away

2%1

Great Falls194.6 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%12

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

How far

How far Saco commutes

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

27%

39%

35%

0%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saco is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Saco are

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

Jobs based in Saco

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities78%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month11%

Jobs Saco residents hold

49 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−68%

Jobs based in Saco, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 18. 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.