Where Augusta earns its living
Working from home is the commute for 23% of workers, where Montana as a whole has 12%. Only 4% work in Augusta itself; outside it, Lincoln draws the most (19%, 39 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 15 minutes, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Augusta, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 66 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Augusta to work: where people go
Where Augusta clocks in
19% of workers
10% 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 the 72 jobs in Augusta are
72 jobs are based in Augusta.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Augusta, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 72. 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 Augusta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Augusta: about 15 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Augusta workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 53 commuters (the 23% 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 Augusta’s workers travel
About 67% 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.
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 Augusta: questions
What is the median household income in Augusta?
$43,611 (±$35,593) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Augusta?
7.9%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Augusta?
15 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Augusta work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln (19%, 39 mi), Missoula (10%, 88 mi), East Helena (7%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Augusta 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 Augusta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Augusta
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.