Work & commute · Terry

Work & commute in Terry, MT

About one in 3 of Terry’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Miles City (10%), Billings (5%) and Glendive (4%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

64 of 186 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 122 Terry residents head out of town to work, 64 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Terry.

122live here, work elsewhere

64live and work here

125work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Terry goes to work

Terry (in town)right here

34%64

Miles City36.6 mi away

10%18

Billings169.5 mi away

5%10

Glendive35.7 mi away

4%7

West Glendive34.1 mi away

3%5

Fallon9.3 mi away

3%5

Sidney83.4 mi away

2%4

Circle45.1 mi away

1%2

Culbertson100.6 mi away

1%2

Kalispell431.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%67

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

How far

How far Terry commutes

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

46%

22%

30%

46%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Terry is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Terry are

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

Jobs based in Terry

189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Terry residents hold

186 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−6%

Jobs based in Terry, 2013 → 2023: 202 → 189. 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.