Gallatin Gateway Inn · Photo: Jill Scarson of J. Scarson Photography · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Gallatin Gateway
There are 460 jobs in Gallatin Gateway for 517 working residents. Only 2% work in Gallatin Gateway itself; outside it, Bozeman draws the most (38%, 9 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 28 minutes; Montana averages 19, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Gallatin Gateway, in brief
Gallatin Gateway and Bozeman trade workers both ways
Bozeman is the top workplace for Gallatin Gateway residents (38%) and also where the most people who work in Gallatin Gateway come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Gallatin Gateway workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 19 across Montana. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Gallatin Gateway makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Gallatin Gateway are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Gallatin Gateway residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 517 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Gallatin Gateway commutes to
Where Gallatin Gateway clocks in
38% of workers
11% 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.
About 28 minutes to work from Gallatin Gateway
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gallatin Gateway workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 305 commuters (the 16% 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.
Goods jobs make up 42% of work in Gallatin Gateway
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gallatin Gateway, 2013 → 2023: 258 → 460. 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 Gallatin Gateway’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 506 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 449 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 (0.89 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.
How far Gallatin Gateway’s workers travel
About 15% 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.
Gallatin Gateway and its neighbors: 14% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gallatin Gateway workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gallatin Gateway | – | — | — | 28 min | $82,500 |
| Four Corners | 14% | A− | B+ | 17 min | $100,917 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Four Corners. Darker towns draw more of Gallatin Gateway’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 Gallatin Gateway: questions
What is the median household income in Gallatin Gateway?
$82,500 (±$23,898) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gallatin Gateway?
9.8%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gallatin Gateway?
28 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gallatin Gateway work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bozeman (38%, 9 mi), Four Corners (14%, 6 mi), Big Sky (11%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gallatin Gateway without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gallatin Gateway, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gallatin Gateway
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.