Work & commute · Worden

Work & commute in Worden, MT

Most working residents leave Worden for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Billings (50%), Lockwood (5%) and Laurel (2%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 258 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 238 Worden residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 280 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Worden.

238live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

280work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Worden goes to work

Billings22.3 mi away

50%128

Worden (in town)right here

8%20

Lockwood14.5 mi away

5%12

Laurel35.7 mi away

2%5

Missoula286.3 mi away

2%4

Bozeman140.6 mi away

1%3

Custer31.3 mi away

1%3

Hysham50.1 mi away

1%2

Helena189.3 mi away

1%2

Great Falls182.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%77

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

How far

How far Worden commutes

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

12%

56%

16%

15%

12%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Worden is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Worden are

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

Jobs based in Worden

300 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Worden residents hold

258 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+13%

Jobs based in Worden, 2013 → 2023: 266 → 300. 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.