Work & commute · Belknap

Work & commute in Belknap, MT

Most working residents leave Belknap for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Thompson Falls (28%), Great Falls (9%) and Helena (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 32 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

100%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 31 Belknap residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belknap.

31live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belknap goes to work

Thompson Falls5 mi away

28%9

Great Falls192.4 mi away

9%3

Helena175.7 mi away

6%2

Missoula84.5 mi away

6%2

Trout Creek14.9 mi away

6%2

Polson59.7 mi away

3%1

Billings349.7 mi away

3%1

Belknap (in town)right here

3%1

Bigfork70.3 mi away

3%1

Yaak82.6 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%9

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Belknap commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

47%

13%

38%

47%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belknap is a job hub

2.34jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Belknap are

75 jobs are based in Belknap. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Belknap’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Belknap

75 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Belknap residents hold

32 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+525%

Jobs based in Belknap, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 75. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.