United Methodist Episcopal Church · Photo: 25or6to4 · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Park City commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 4% work in Park City itself; outside it, Billings draws the most (40%, 21 miles). 98 jobs are based in Park City, against 428 working residents. 1% of workers work from home, against 12% across Montana.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Park City
40% of Park City works in Billings
171 working residents, 40%, have their main job in Billings, 21 miles away. That’s 10 times as many as work in Park City itself. The commute map ↓
Park City is a place people come home to
There are 98 jobs based in Park City, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Park City has about 430 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Park City workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 19 across Montana. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 428 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Park City’s working residents head each day
Where Park City clocks in
40% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
Park City quiets down on a workday
On a workday 412 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Park City on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
How long Park City spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Park City workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 386 commuters (the 1% 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.
The kinds of work in Park City
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Park City, 2013 → 2023: 113 → 98. 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 Park City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Park City, by distance
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.
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 Park City: questions
What is the median household income in Park City?
$54,637 (±$22,477) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Park City?
10.4%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Park City?
29 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Park City work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Billings (40%, 21 mi), Columbus (7%, 16 mi), Laurel (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Park City 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 Park City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Park City
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.