Work & commute · Wheatland

Work & commute in Wheatland, MT

Most working residents leave Wheatland for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Helena (14%), Bozeman (14%) and Townsend (5%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 573 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 535 Wheatland residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 361 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wheatland.

535live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

361work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wheatland goes to work

Helena48.6 mi away

14%80

Bozeman31.7 mi away

14%80

Wheatland (in town)right here

7%38

Townsend24.8 mi away

5%30

Billings146 mi away

4%22

Four Corners27.9 mi away

3%19

Great Falls107.2 mi away

3%18

Three Forks5.2 mi away

3%15

Missoula132.6 mi away

3%15

Belgrade22.9 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%242

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

How far

How far Wheatland commutes

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

12%

11%

52%

25%

12%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

52%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wheatland is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wheatland are

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

Jobs based in Wheatland

399 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Wheatland residents hold

573 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+49%

Jobs based in Wheatland, 2013 → 2023: 267 → 399. 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.