A job hub: Saddle Butte has 2.1 jobs per working resident, and 87 people come in to work
88 jobs are based in Saddle Butte, and 42 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute takes 23 minutes each way, where Montana has 19 and the U.S. 26. Home is the office for 11% of workers, against 12% across Montana.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Saddle Butte
On a workday 41 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 270 people are in Saddle Butte on a workday afternoon, 20% more 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 send workers to Saddle Butte
Where Saddle Butte 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Saddle Butte
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Saddle Butte, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 88. 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 Saddle Butte’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Saddle Butte spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Saddle Butte workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 123 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Saddle Butte
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.
Work next door: 36% of Saddle Butte’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Saddle Butte workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saddle Butte | – | — | — | 23 min | $146,563 |
| Havre | 36% | C− | A | 11 min | $50,329 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Havre. Darker towns draw more of Saddle Butte’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 Saddle Butte: questions
What is the median household income in Saddle Butte?
$146,563 (±$59,098) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Saddle Butte?
4.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Saddle Butte?
23 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Saddle Butte work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Havre (36%, 2 mi), West Havre (7%, 4 mi), Beaver Creek (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Saddle Butte without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Saddle Butte, from the people who make the trip.
More of Saddle Butte
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.