Work & commute · Vaughn

Work & commute in Vaughn, MT

Most working residents leave Vaughn for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Great Falls (54%), Missoula (3%) and Billings (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 234 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 230 Vaughn residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vaughn.

230live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

86work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vaughn goes to work

Great Falls12.6 mi away

54%127

Missoula124.8 mi away

3%6

Billings187.6 mi away

3%6

Helena69.5 mi away

2%4

Vaughn (in town)right here

2%4

Fairfield20.1 mi away

1%3

Kalispell136.1 mi away

1%3

Bozeman131.4 mi away

1%3

Black Eagle14.1 mi away

1%3

Cascade20.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%73

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

How far

How far Vaughn commutes

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

67%

24%

7%Under 10 mi

67%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vaughn is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vaughn are

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

Jobs based in Vaughn

90 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Vaughn residents hold

234 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−10%

Jobs based in Vaughn, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 90. 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.