Photo: Eddyl · CC BY-SA 4.0Browning has 4.7 jobs for every working resident: 638 people commute in to work
About one in four work in Browning; the top destination outside it is East Glacier Park Village (23%, 12 miles). Browning has 672 jobs, and 142 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 3% of workers, against 12% across Montana.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Browning, and who commutes in
On a workday 108 residents head out to work and 34 work right here.
About 1,500 people are in Browning on a workday afternoon, 56% more 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.
Commuting in to Browning: where workers come from
Where Browning clocks in
23% 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.
Browning is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Browning, 2013 → 2023: 931 → 672. 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 Browning’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Browning spends getting to work: about 12 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Browning workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 292 commuters (the 3% 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 Browning goes to work
About 27% 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.
Next door is work for 17% of Browning
The biggest share goes to North Browning (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Browning workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browning | – | — | — | 12 min | $34,250 |
| North Browning | 11% | D− | C+ | 13 min | $37,155 |
| South Browning | 6% | — | C | 12 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Browning’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 Browning: questions
What is the median household income in Browning?
$34,250 (±$6,120) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Browning?
46.4%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Browning?
12 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Browning work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are East Glacier Park Village (23%, 12 mi), North Browning (11%, 1 mi), South Browning (6%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Browning without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Browning, from the people who make the trip.
More of Browning
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.