Work & commute · Black Eagle

Work & commute in Black Eagle, MT

Most working residents leave Black Eagle for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Great Falls (64%), Helena (4%) and Bozeman (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 384 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 376 Black Eagle residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 641 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Black Eagle.

376live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

641work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Black Eagle goes to work

Great Falls2.6 mi away

64%244

Helena73.7 mi away

4%14

Black Eagle (in town)right here

2%8

Bozeman127.9 mi away

2%7

Missoula137.5 mi away

2%6

Billings175.8 mi away

2%6

Cut Bank91 mi away

1%3

Shelby72.9 mi away

1%3

Kalispell149.9 mi away

1%3

Fairfield34.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%88

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

How far

How far Black Eagle commutes

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

73%

21%

73%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Black Eagle is a job hub

1.69jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Black Eagle are

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

Jobs based in Black Eagle

649 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Black Eagle residents hold

384 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+8%

Jobs based in Black Eagle, 2013 → 2023: 601 → 649. 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.