Work & commute · Wolf Point

Work & commute in Wolf Point, MT

About one in 3 of Wolf Point’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Poplar (5%), Glasgow (2%) and Billings (1%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

320 of 898 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 578 Wolf Point residents head out of town to work, 320 work right here, and 566 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wolf Point.

578live here, work elsewhere

320live and work here

566work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wolf Point goes to work

Wolf Point (in town)right here

36%320

Poplar20.5 mi away

5%45

Glasgow46.3 mi away

2%14

Billings210.2 mi away

1%13

Brockton34.3 mi away

1%13

Glendive80.8 mi away

1%9

Bozeman305 mi away

1%8

Miles City116.9 mi away

1%7

Sidney73.1 mi away

1%7

Missoula400.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%455

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

How far

How far Wolf Point commutes

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

51%

25%

19%

51%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wolf Point is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wolf Point are

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

Jobs based in Wolf Point

886 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Wolf Point residents hold

898 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−24%

Jobs based in Wolf Point, 2013 → 2023: 1,168 → 886. 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.