Work & commute · Savage

Work & commute in Savage, MT

Most working residents leave Savage for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Sidney (31%), Billings (7%) and Dickinson (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 127 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 118 Savage residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Savage.

118live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

73work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Savage goes to work

Sidney19.8 mi away

31%40

Billings230.5 mi away

7%9

Savage (in town)right here

7%9

Dickinson, ND82.2 mi away

4%5

Glendive29.6 mi away

3%4

Fox Lake20.9 mi away

2%3

Malta174.9 mi away

2%2

Glasgow118.1 mi away

2%2

Miles City101.2 mi away

2%2

Missoula456.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%49

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

How far

How far Savage commutes

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

10%

47%

10%

34%

10%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Savage is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Savage are

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

Jobs based in Savage

82 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Savage residents hold

127 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−34%

Jobs based in Savage, 2013 → 2023: 124 → 82. 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.