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Work & commute in Sleeping Buffalo, MT

Most working residents leave Sleeping Buffalo for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Whitewater (43%), Dodson (14%) and Malta (14%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 7 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
33%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7 Sleeping Buffalo residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sleeping Buffalo.

7live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
8work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Sleeping Buffalo goes to work

DodsonMaltaColstripGreat FallsSleeping BuffaloEast Malta ColonyWhitewaterWhitewaterDodsonMaltaColstripSleeping Buffalo
1
Whitewater19.9 mi away
43%3
2
Dodson33.4 mi away
14%1
3
Malta17.9 mi away
14%1
4
Colstrip183.8 mi away
14%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
14%1

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

How far

How far Sleeping Buffalo commutes

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

0%Under 10 mi
57%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Sleeping Buffalo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sleeping Buffalo are

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

Jobs based in Sleeping Buffalo

8 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)100%
$1,250 a month or less50%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%
Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Sleeping Buffalo residents hold

7 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)86%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%
Over $3,333 a month57%
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.

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