Doncaster Round Barn · Photo: Montanabw · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 1.9 jobs in Twin Bridges for every working resident, and 219 people commute in
0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 12% for Montana as a whole. There are 230 jobs in Twin Bridges, against 118 working residents. About one in ten work in Twin Bridges; the top destination outside it is Bozeman (10%, 63 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Twin Bridges, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 107 residents head out to work and 11 work right here.
About 540 people are in Twin Bridges on a workday afternoon, 26% more than live here.
1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 towns that send workers to Twin Bridges
Where Twin Bridges clocks in
10% 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.
40% of the jobs in Twin Bridges make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Twin Bridges, 2013 → 2023: 197 → 230. 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 Twin Bridges’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Twin Bridges’ commute takes about 35 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 Twin Bridges workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 52 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 Twin Bridges’ workers travel
About 42% 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 Twin Bridges: questions
What is the median household income in Twin Bridges?
$57,188 (±$23,147) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Twin Bridges?
11.9%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Twin Bridges?
35 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Twin Bridges work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bozeman (10%, 63 mi), Whitehall (8%, 25 mi), Dillon (8%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Twin Bridges 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 Twin Bridges, from the people who make the trip.
More of Twin Bridges
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.