Work & commute · Wibaux

Work & commute in Wibaux, MT

About one in 3 of Wibaux’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Baker (6%), Glendive (6%) and Beach (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

60 of 187 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 127 Wibaux residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wibaux.

127live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

120work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wibaux goes to work

Wibaux (in town)right here

32%60

Baker43.1 mi away

6%12

Glendive25.9 mi away

6%12

Beach, ND9.9 mi away

4%8

Beach, ND12.9 mi away

4%8

Sidney50.4 mi away

3%6

Dickinson, ND66 mi away

3%6

Jordan129.9 mi away

3%5

Glasgow141.3 mi away

2%4

Billings223.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%62

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

How far

How far Wibaux commutes

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

39%

18%

34%

39%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wibaux is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wibaux are

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

Jobs based in Wibaux

180 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Wibaux residents hold

187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−15%

Jobs based in Wibaux, 2013 → 2023: 213 → 180. 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.