Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Butte at work: jobs, income and the commute
13% of workers work from home, next to 8% for North Dakota as a whole. Hardly any work in Butte itself; outside it, Garrison draws the most (17%, 37 miles). No jobs are based in Butte in the Census job records; 24 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Butte
On a workday 24 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 45 people are in Butte on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Where the trip to work from Butte ends
Where Butte clocks in
17% of workers
13% 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.
Working from home in Butte
of Butte workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across North Dakota: 85% 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 Butte goes to work
About 29% 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 Butte: questions
What is the poverty rate in Butte?
22.1%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Butte work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Garrison (17%, 37 mi), Bismarck (13%, 71 mi), Minot (13%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Butte 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 Butte, from the people who make the trip.
More of Butte
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.