Work & commute · Three Forks

Work & commute in Three Forks, MT

Most working residents leave Three Forks for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Bozeman (21%), Four Corners (4%) and Billings (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

91 of 805 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 714 Three Forks residents head out of town to work, 91 work right here, and 417 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Three Forks.

714live here, work elsewhere

91live and work here

417work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Three Forks goes to work

Bozeman28 mi away

21%169

Three Forks (in town)right here

11%91

Four Corners23.6 mi away

4%34

Billings144.6 mi away

3%28

Belgrade19.5 mi away

3%27

Helena53.6 mi away

3%25

Big Sky45 mi away

2%17

Willow Creek7.2 mi away

2%15

Missoula136.1 mi away

2%14

Great Falls112.1 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%372

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

How far

How far Three Forks commutes

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

22%

34%

22%

22%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Three Forks is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Three Forks are

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

Jobs based in Three Forks

508 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Three Forks residents hold

805 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+65%

Jobs based in Three Forks, 2013 → 2023: 308 → 508. 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.