Jobs and the daily commute in Jordan
Working residents average 18 minutes each way, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. Home is the office for 23% of workers, against 12% across Montana. About one in three work in Jordan itself; outside it, Miles City draws the most (4%, 81 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Jordan on a workday
On a workday 68 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Jordan on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 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 Jordan goes to work
Where Jordan clocks in
4% of workers
3% 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.
The 150 jobs based in Jordan
150 jobs are based in Jordan.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jordan, 2013 → 2023: 159 → 150. 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 Jordan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes each way, about the MT average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jordan workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 102 commuters (the 23% 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 Jordan’s workers travel
About 40% 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.
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 Jordan: questions
What is the median household income in Jordan?
$55,391 (±$10,970) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jordan?
11.4%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jordan?
18 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jordan work?
35% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miles City (4%, 81 mi), Billings (3%, 132 mi), Gillette (3%, 221 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jordan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jordan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jordan
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.