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Jobs & commute in Clyde Park

Clyde Park at work: jobs, income and the commute

Working residents average 29 minutes each way; Montana averages 19, the U.S. 26. Only 7% work in Clyde Park itself; outside it, Livingston draws the most (22%, 15 miles). Employers in Clyde Park report 141 jobs, and 141 of its residents work somewhere.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Clyde Park by day

On a workday 131 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere.

131live here, work elsewhere
10live and work here
131work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night350
Workday350
350live here− 130head out to work+ 130come in to work= 350on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 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.

The commute map

The towns that employ Clyde Park’s residents

Idaho FallsClyde ParkWest Yellowstone: 4 residents work here (3%)White Sulphur SpringsLivingston: 31 residents work here (22%)Belgrade: 3 residents work here (2%)HelenaBozeman: 16 residents work here (11%)Missoula: 3 residents work here (2%)Billings: 6 residents work here (4%)Butte-Silver BowWilsall: 9 residents work here (6%)Bridger: 3 residents work here (2%)South GlastonburyBig Sky: 4 residents work here (3%)LivingstonBozemanWilsallBillingsWest YellowstoneBig SkyClyde Park
1
Livingston15.3 mi away
22%31
2
Bozeman25.7 mi away
11%16
3
Clyde Park (in town)right here
7%10
4
Wilsall7.4 mi away
6%9
5
Billings99.1 mi away
4%6
6
West Yellowstone87.9 mi away
3%4
7
Big Sky55.8 mi away
3%4
8
Belgrade28.4 mi away
2%3
9
Missoula176.8 mi away
2%3
10
Bridger15 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%52
The top trips

Where Clyde Park clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

What Clyde Park’s employers do

Jobs based in Clyde ParkJobs Clyde Park residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms8%19%
Trade, transport & utilities21%18%
Services: health, schools, offices71%63%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less39%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%27%
Over $3,333 a month30%57%

Who does it

29 or younger37%23%
30 to 5433%50%
55 and older30%26%
+1310%

Jobs based in Clyde Park, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 141. 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 Clyde Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 29 minutes to work from Clyde Park

A year of commuting
219 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Clyde Park29 min
Montana19 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
12%

of Clyde Park workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Clyde Park gets to work
77%Drive alone
10%Carpool
11%Walk
1%Bike

Share of the 153 commuters (the 12% 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

The commute from Clyde Park, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLivingston: 22% · 15.3 miBozeman: 11% · 25.7 miWilsall: 6% · 7.4 miBillings: 4% · 99.1 miWest Yellowstone: 3% · 87.9 miBig Sky: 3% · 55.8 miBelgrade: 2% · 28.4 miMissoula: 2% · 176.8 miBridger: 2% · 15 miLivingston 22%Bozeman 11%Wilsall 6%Billings 4%West Yellowstone 3%Clyde Park
Clyde ParkTop destinations (size = commuters)
17%Under 10 mi24 residents
31%10–24 mi44 residents
20%25–50 mi28 residents
31%Over 50 mi44 residents

About 31% 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 to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Clyde Park: questions

What is the median household income in Clyde Park?

$62,917 (±$15,593) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Clyde Park?

9.4%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Clyde Park?

29 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Clyde Park work?

7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Livingston (22%, 15 mi), Bozeman (11%, 26 mi), Wilsall (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Clyde Park without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Clyde Park, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Clyde Park

Clyde Park home →

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.