Work & commute · Dutton

Work & commute in Dutton, MT

Most working residents leave Dutton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Great Falls (27%), Choteau (8%) and Helena (5%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 108 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 104 Dutton residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dutton.

104live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

69work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dutton goes to work

Great Falls30.7 mi away

27%29

Choteau21.7 mi away

8%9

Helena87.7 mi away

5%5

Dutton (in town)right here

4%4

Power8.7 mi away

4%4

Conrad25 mi away

3%3

Fairfield20.3 mi away

2%2

Polson113.2 mi away

2%2

Bozeman152.8 mi away

2%2

Billings206.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%46

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

How far

How far Dutton commutes

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

10%

26%

36%

28%

10%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dutton is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Dutton are

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

Jobs based in Dutton

73 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Dutton residents hold

108 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−28%

Jobs based in Dutton, 2013 → 2023: 102 → 73. 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.