Work & commute · Silver Gate

Work & commute in Silver Gate, MT

Most working residents leave Silver Gate for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Gardiner (38%), Bozeman (15%) and Sugar City (8%). Half commute less than 51 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 13 working residents

Typical commute

51 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

92%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13 Silver Gate residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Silver Gate.

13live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Silver Gate goes to work

Gardiner36.9 mi away

38%5

Bozeman69.3 mi away

15%2

Sugar City, ID117.8 mi away

8%1

Mountain Home, ID312.1 mi away

8%1

Kalispell302 mi away

8%1

Billings87.4 mi away

8%1

South Glastonbury45 mi away

8%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

8%1

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

How far

How far Silver Gate commutes

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

46%

54%

0%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

46%25–50 mi

54%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Silver Gate is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Silver Gate are

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

Jobs based in Silver Gate

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month58%

Over $3,333 a month8%

Jobs Silver Gate residents hold

13 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+300%

Jobs based in Silver Gate, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 12. 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.