Work & commute · Conrad

Work & commute in Conrad, MT

42% of Conrad’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Great Falls (9%), Helena (5%) and Shelby (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

378 of 900 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 522 Conrad residents head out of town to work, 378 work right here, and 562 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Conrad.

522live here, work elsewhere

378live and work here

562work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Conrad goes to work

Conrad (in town)right here

42%378

Great Falls55.2 mi away

9%79

Helena109.1 mi away

5%48

Shelby23 mi away

5%47

Billings229.7 mi away

2%15

Valier16.7 mi away

1%13

Black Eagle54.8 mi away

1%13

Missoula132.2 mi away

1%12

Cut Bank36.3 mi away

1%11

Havre107.2 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%273

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

How far

How far Conrad commutes

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

47%

11%

35%

47%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Conrad is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Conrad are

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

Jobs based in Conrad

940 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Conrad residents hold

900 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−16%

Jobs based in Conrad, 2013 → 2023: 1,123 → 940. 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.