Work & commute · South Browning

Work & commute in South Browning, MT

Most working residents leave South Browning for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Browning (26%), East Glacier Park Village (25%) and Babb (8%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

39 of 277 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 238 South Browning residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 288 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Browning.

238live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

288work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Browning goes to work

Browning0.7 mi away

26%73

East Glacier Park Village11.9 mi away

25%69

South Browning (in town)right here

14%39

Babb31 mi away

8%22

North Browning2 mi away

8%21

Billings283.1 mi away

2%6

Bozeman218.2 mi away

2%5

Missoula124.7 mi away

1%4

Cut Bank31.7 mi away

1%2

Polson78.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

12%34

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

How far

How far South Browning commutes

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

50%

26%

10%

14%

50%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Browning is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in South Browning are

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

Jobs based in South Browning

327 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs South Browning residents hold

277 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+118%

Jobs based in South Browning, 2013 → 2023: 150 → 327. 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.