With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Sangrey works elsewhere
Employers in Sangrey report 5 jobs; 93 of its residents have a job. Working residents average 16 minutes each way, where Montana has 19 and the U.S. 26. Below the poverty line: 32.2% of residents, next to 11.5% for Montana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Sangrey
On a workday 93 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Sangrey on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
20% of working residents work in Rocky Boy's Agency
Where Sangrey clocks in
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.
Sangrey makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Sangrey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 16 minutes to work from Sangrey
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sangrey workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 67 commuters (the 20% 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 distance from Sangrey to work
About 37% 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.
Bordering towns draw 20% of Sangrey’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sangrey workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sangrey | – | — | — | 16 min | $35,000 |
| Azure | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Rocky Boy's Agency | 20% | — | — | — | — |
| St. Pierre | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Boneau | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Azure, Rocky Boy's Agency, St. Pierre and Boneau: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Rocky Boy's Agency. Darker towns draw more of Sangrey’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 Sangrey: questions
What is the median household income in Sangrey?
$35,000 (±$17,652) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sangrey?
32.2%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sangrey?
16 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sangrey work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rocky Boy's Agency (20%, 2 mi), Rocky Boy West (17%, 8 mi), Big Sandy (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sangrey without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 44% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sangrey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sangrey
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.