Work & commute · Wye

Work & commute in Wye, MT

Most working residents leave Wye for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Missoula (59%), Frenchtown (5%) and Helena (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 383 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 362 Wye residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 1,052 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wye.

362live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

1,052work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wye goes to work

Missoula7.4 mi away

59%225

Wye (in town)right here

5%21

Frenchtown7.5 mi away

5%19

Helena103 mi away

3%12

Bozeman171.1 mi away

3%10

Billings277.9 mi away

3%10

Orchard Homes7.3 mi away

1%4

Great Falls138.3 mi away

1%3

Hamilton48.4 mi away

1%2

Havre234.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%75

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

How far

How far Wye commutes

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

74%

18%

74%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wye is a job hub

2.80jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Wye are

1,073 jobs are based in Wye. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wye’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wye

1,073 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Wye residents hold

383 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+19%

Jobs based in Wye, 2013 → 2023: 899 → 1,073. 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.