Work & commute · Virginia

Work & commute in Virginia, MT

Most working residents leave Virginia for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Sheridan (14%), Billings (8%) and Twin Bridges (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

12 of 79 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 67 Virginia residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Virginia.

67live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

136work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Virginia goes to work

Virginia City (in town)right here

15%12

Sheridan16.8 mi away

14%11

Billings167.3 mi away

8%6

Twin Bridges25.7 mi away

5%4

Missoula148 mi away

5%4

Alder8.6 mi away

4%3

Four Corners44.9 mi away

4%3

Ennis10.5 mi away

3%2

Helena89.9 mi away

3%2

Bozeman50.4 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%30

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

How far

How far Virginia commutes

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

24%

32%

21%

24%

24%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Virginia is a job hub

1.87jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Virginia are

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

Jobs based in Virginia

148 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Virginia residents hold

79 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−22%

Jobs based in Virginia, 2013 → 2023: 190 → 148. 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.