Work & commute · Winifred

Work & commute in Winifred, MT

Most working residents leave Winifred for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lewistown (33%), Billings (10%) and Bozeman (4%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 48 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 47 Winifred residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winifred.

47live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

39work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winifred goes to work

Lewistown35.5 mi away

33%16

Billings128.6 mi away

10%5

Bozeman152.3 mi away

4%2

Winifred (in town)right here

2%1

Malta88.7 mi away

2%1

Glasgow134.6 mi away

2%1

Hardin151.2 mi away

2%1

Belgrade149.7 mi away

2%1

Great Falls89.8 mi away

2%1

Bismarck, ND407.3 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%18

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

How far

How far Winifred commutes

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

58%

33%

2%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

58%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winifred is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Winifred are

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

Jobs based in Winifred

40 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month15%

Jobs Winifred residents hold

48 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−30%

Jobs based in Winifred, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 40. 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.