Work & commute · West Yellowstone

Work & commute in West Yellowstone, MT

58% of West Yellowstone’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Big Sky (6%), Bozeman (4%) and Billings (3%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

58%

344 of 591 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 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 247 West Yellowstone residents head out of town to work, 344 work right here, and 636 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Yellowstone.

247live here, work elsewhere

344live and work here

636work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Yellowstone goes to work

West Yellowstone (in town)right here

58%344

Big Sky42.5 mi away

6%38

Bozeman70.5 mi away

4%25

Billings146.7 mi away

3%16

East Helena138.5 mi away

2%13

Helena140.7 mi away

1%8

Missoula207.7 mi away

1%7

Great Falls196.5 mi away

1%5

Four Corners69.7 mi away

1%4

Hamilton184.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%128

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

How far

How far West Yellowstone commutes

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

64%

26%

64%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Yellowstone is a job hub

1.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Yellowstone are

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

Jobs based in West Yellowstone

980 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs West Yellowstone residents hold

591 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+10%

Jobs based in West Yellowstone, 2013 → 2023: 892 → 980. 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.