St. Marie has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
0% of workers have no commute at all, against 12% across Montana. Employers in St. Marie report 37 jobs; 156 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in St. Marie itself; outside it, Glasgow draws the most (40%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of St. Marie
On a workday 155 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in St. Marie on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Where people from St. Marie work
Where St. Marie clocks in
40% of workers
6% 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.
What St. Marie’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Marie, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 37. 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 St. Marie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in St. Marie
of St. Marie workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 55 commuters (the 0% 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 it is to work from St. Marie
About 38% 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 St. Marie: questions
What is the median household income in St. Marie?
$38,971 (±$22,088) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Marie?
23.9%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in St. Marie work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Glasgow (40%, 16 mi), Billings (6%, 205 mi), Miles City (3%, 142 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around St. Marie without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Marie, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Marie
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.