Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of St. Xavier works elsewhere
2 jobs are based in St. Xavier, and 31 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in St. Xavier for work; outside it, Billings is the main destination (23%, 46 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, against 12% across Montana.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in St. Xavier, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 31 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 26 people are in St. Xavier on a workday afternoon, 53% 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.
The places St. Xavier commutes to
Where St. Xavier clocks in
23% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
Services make up most of the work in St. Xavier
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Xavier, 2013 → 2023: 137 → 2. 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. Xavier’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in St. Xavier
of St. Xavier workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24 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 many miles St. Xavier commutes
About 39% 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. Xavier: questions
What is the poverty rate in St. Xavier?
38.2%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in St. Xavier work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Billings (23%, 46 mi), Hardin (6%, 20 mi), Bozeman (6%, 162 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around St. Xavier 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 St. Xavier, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Xavier
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.