Most of Dewey commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
There are 2 jobs in Dewey, against 7 working residents. Hardly any work in Dewey itself; outside it, Lima draws the most (29%, 80 miles). Working residents average 20 minutes each way (Montana 19, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Dewey
On a workday 7 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 21 people are in Dewey on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
The towns that employ Dewey’s residents
Where Dewey clocks in
29% of workers
14% of workers
14% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Dewey
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dewey, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 2. 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 Dewey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way for Dewey’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dewey workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8 commuters (the 11% 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 many miles Dewey commutes
About 57% 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.
Dewey and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dewey workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dewey | – | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Butte-Silver Bow | under 15% | C | A | 17 min | $61,754 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dewey’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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Dewey workers work outside Montana. The job records count 14% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Dewey: questions
What is the poverty rate in Dewey?
38.5%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dewey?
20 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dewey work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lima (29%, 80 mi), Ririe (14%, 157 mi), Bozeman (14%, 87 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dewey without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dewey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dewey
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.