Upper Madison School · Photo: Crush-1abbott · CC BY-SA 4.0Amsterdam has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Amsterdam has 52 jobs; 107 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Amsterdam itself; outside it, Bozeman draws the most (27%, 14 miles). 5% of workers have no commute at all, next to 12% for Montana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Amsterdam: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 107 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere.
About 75 people are in Amsterdam on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
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 the trip to work from Amsterdam ends
Where Amsterdam clocks in
27% 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.
Goods, not services: 31% of the jobs in Amsterdam
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amsterdam, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 52. 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 Amsterdam’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Amsterdam: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Amsterdam workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 59 commuters (the 5% 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.
How far Amsterdam’s workers travel
About 21% 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.
Around Amsterdam: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Churchill (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Amsterdam’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Amsterdam: questions
What is the median household income in Amsterdam?
$85,750 (±$31,200) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amsterdam?
11.5%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Amsterdam?
22 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Amsterdam work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bozeman (27%, 14 mi), Manhattan (11%, 8 mi), Four Corners (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Amsterdam without a car?
0% 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 Amsterdam, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amsterdam
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.