Winston has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Hardly any work in Winston; the top destination outside it is Bozeman (18%, 62 miles). Winston has 23 jobs for 88 working residents. 0% of workers have no commute at all, where Montana as a whole has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Winston
On a workday 88 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16 people are in Winston on a workday afternoon, 80% 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 Winston work
Where Winston clocks in
18% of workers
10% of workers
10% 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.
The kinds of work in Winston
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winston, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 23. 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 Winston’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Winston
of Winston workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12 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.
Half of Winston commutes less than 42 miles
About 49% 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 Winston: questions
What is the median household income in Winston?
$58,159 (±$13,900) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winston?
17.3%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Winston work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bozeman (18%, 62 mi), Townsend (10%, 12 mi), Helena (10%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Winston 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 Winston, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winston
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.