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Work & commute in The Silos, MT

Most working residents leave The Silos for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Helena (15%), Bozeman (14%) and Wheatland (7%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
4 of 369 working residents
Typical commute
43 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
48 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 365 The Silos residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in The Silos.

365live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
93work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where The Silos goes to work

White Sulphur SpringsThree ForksTownsendManhattanBelgradeHelenaGreat FallsBozemanMissoulaBillingsThe SilosFour CornersSpokane CreekWheatlandHelenaBozemanWheatlandTownsendThree ForksBelgradeMissoulaBillingsFour CornersGreat FallsThe Silos
1
Helena24.7 mi away
15%55
2
Bozeman55.7 mi away
14%51
3
Wheatland30.1 mi away
7%26
4
Townsend6.3 mi away
6%22
5
Three Forks35.2 mi away
3%11
6
Belgrade46.8 mi away
3%11
7
Missoula120.3 mi away
3%11
8
Billings151.4 mi away
3%10
9
Four Corners54 mi away
3%10
10
Great Falls77.5 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%154

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

How far

How far The Silos commutes

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

10%Under 10 mi
16%10–24 mi
30%25–50 mi
43%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

The Silos is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.26 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in The Silos are

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

Jobs based in The Silos

97 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)34%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)44%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs The Silos residents hold

369 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month61%
+116%

Jobs based in The Silos, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 97. 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.

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