Tracy has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
1% of workers work from home, against 12% across Montana. Employers in Tracy report 26 jobs; 53 of its residents have a job. Only 2% stay in Tracy for work; outside it, Great Falls is the main destination (40%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Tracy for work, and who comes in
On a workday 52 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Tracy on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Out of Tracy to work: where people go
Where Tracy clocks in
40% of workers
8% 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.
A place that makes things: 100% of Tracy’s 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 Tracy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Tracy, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tracy workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 72 commuters (the 1% 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 Tracy to work
About 25% 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.
The towns around Tracy
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tracy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy | – | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Sand Coulee | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sand Coulee: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tracy’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 Tracy: questions
What is the poverty rate in Tracy?
18.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tracy?
20 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tracy work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Great Falls (40%, 9 mi), Belt (8%, 11 mi), Neihart (6%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tracy 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 Tracy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tracy
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.