Work & commute · Wisdom

Work & commute in Wisdom, MT

Most working residents leave Wisdom for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Dillon (13%), Lima (8%) and Billings (8%). Half commute less than 75 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 24 working residents

Typical commute

75 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 24 Wisdom residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wisdom.

24live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wisdom goes to work

Dillon47.8 mi away

13%3

Lima79 mi away

8%2

Billings236.4 mi away

8%2

Jackson16.8 mi away

8%2

Miles City369 mi away

4%1

Helena96.5 mi away

4%1

Bozeman115.6 mi away

4%1

Cooke City176.5 mi away

4%1

Four Corners109.6 mi away

4%1

Big Sky105.4 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%9

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

How far

How far Wisdom commutes

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

13%

35%

52%

0%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

52%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wisdom is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wisdom are

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

Jobs based in Wisdom

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Wisdom residents hold

24 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month29%

+6%

Jobs based in Wisdom, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 19. 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.