Work & commute · Saddle Butte

Work & commute in Saddle Butte, MT

Most working residents leave Saddle Butte for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Havre (36%), West Havre (7%) and Beaver Creek (7%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 42 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 41 Saddle Butte residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saddle Butte.

41live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saddle Butte goes to work

Havre2 mi away

36%15

West Havre4.3 mi away

7%3

Beaver Creek7.5 mi away

7%3

Helena173.2 mi away

5%2

Great Falls104.1 mi away

5%2

Circle202.6 mi away

2%1

Malta82.2 mi away

2%1

Conrad108.4 mi away

2%1

Bozeman207.2 mi away

2%1

Billings195.8 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%12

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

How far

How far Saddle Butte commutes

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

62%

31%

62%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saddle Butte is a job hub

2.10jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Saddle Butte are

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

Jobs based in Saddle Butte

88 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Saddle Butte residents hold

42 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+2100%

Jobs based in Saddle Butte, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 88. 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.