Photo: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: · CC BY-SA 3.0Making a living in Brockton
Only 4% work in Brockton; the top destination outside it is Poplar (11%, 14 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 12% for Montana as a whole. The average commute, 19 minutes each way, matches the Montana norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Brockton: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 54 residents head out to work, 2 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 (1.27 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.
Where the trip to work from Brockton ends
Where Brockton clocks in
11% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Brockton
71 jobs are based in Brockton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Brockton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Brockton: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brockton workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 78 commuters (the 0% 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 Brockton goes to work
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 Brockton: questions
What is the poverty rate in Brockton?
49.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brockton?
19 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brockton work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Poplar (11%, 14 mi), Wolf Point (5%, 34 mi), Missoula (4%, 434 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brockton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brockton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brockton
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.