With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Sedan works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Sedan; the top destination outside it is Bozeman (36%, 21 miles). There are 6 jobs in Sedan for 47 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 30% of workers, against 12% across Montana.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sedan on a workday afternoon
On a workday 47 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Sedan on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Commuting out of Sedan: the destinations
Where Sedan clocks in
36% of workers
4% 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.
Sedan makes things: 33% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sedan, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 6. 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 Sedan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Sedan: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sedan workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 73 commuters (the 30% 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.
Miles to work from Sedan
About 24% 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 Sedan: questions
What is the median household income in Sedan?
$93,906 (±$80,487) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sedan?
0.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sedan?
36 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sedan work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bozeman (36%, 21 mi), Manhattan (4%, 23 mi), Livingston (4%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sedan 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 Sedan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sedan
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.