Work & commute · Scobey

Work & commute in Scobey, MT

51% of Scobey’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Wolf Point (2%), Plentywood (2%) and Glasgow (1%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51%

153 of 301 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 148 Scobey residents head out of town to work, 153 work right here, and 232 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scobey.

148live here, work elsewhere

153live and work here

232work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scobey goes to work

Scobey (in town)right here

51%153

Wolf Point49.2 mi away

2%7

Plentywood39.3 mi away

2%6

Glasgow68.9 mi away

1%4

Opheim45.2 mi away

1%3

Hardin234.2 mi away

1%3

Helena342.1 mi away

1%3

Great Falls285.2 mi away

1%3

Bozeman340.4 mi away

1%3

Billings254 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%113

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

How far

How far Scobey commutes

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

60%

12%

20%

60%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scobey is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Scobey are

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

Jobs based in Scobey

385 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Scobey residents hold

301 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−39%

Jobs based in Scobey, 2013 → 2023: 636 → 385. 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.