Oliver H. Hovda House · Photo: Dsetay · CC BY-SA 3.0Work, pay and getting to work in Absarokee
Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average, where Montana has 19 and the U.S. 26. About one in seven work in Absarokee itself; outside it, Billings draws the most (15%, 47 miles). Absarokee has 216 jobs; 356 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Absarokee, in brief
Near or far: the trip to work from Absarokee
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How many people are in Absarokee by day
On a workday 308 residents head out to work, 48 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Absarokee on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Absarokee’s working residents head each day
Where Absarokee clocks in
15% of workers
12% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What Absarokee’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Absarokee, 2013 → 2023: 216 → 216. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Absarokee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Absarokee: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Absarokee workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 413 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Montana: 81% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Absarokee: questions
What is the median household income in Absarokee?
$77,143 (±$39,049) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Absarokee?
14.2%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Absarokee?
21 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Absarokee work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Billings (15%, 47 mi), Columbus (12%, 12 mi), Fishtail (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Absarokee without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Absarokee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Absarokee
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.