Work & commute · West Glendive

Work & commute in West Glendive, MT

Most working residents leave West Glendive for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Glendive (43%), Miles City (4%) and Sidney (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

137 of 960 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 823 West Glendive residents head out of town to work, 137 work right here, and 632 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Glendive.

823live here, work elsewhere

137live and work here

632work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Glendive goes to work

Glendive2 mi away

43%408

West Glendive (in town)right here

14%137

Miles City70.6 mi away

4%39

Sidney50.2 mi away

2%23

Billings202.4 mi away

2%22

Baker56.1 mi away

2%15

Dickinson, ND93.4 mi away

2%15

Williston, ND90.8 mi away

1%8

Wolf Point79.7 mi away

1%7

Helena345 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%279

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

How far

How far West Glendive commutes

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

65%

30%

65%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Glendive is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Glendive are

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

Jobs based in West Glendive

769 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs West Glendive residents hold

960 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−1%

Jobs based in West Glendive, 2013 → 2023: 775 → 769. 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.