Work & commute · Fallon

Work & commute in Fallon, MT

Most working residents leave Fallon for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Terry (23%), Billings (13%) and Miles City (5%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 39 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 37 Fallon residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fallon.

37live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fallon goes to work

Terry9.3 mi away

23%9

Billings178.8 mi away

13%5

Miles City45 mi away

5%2

Glendive27.1 mi away

5%2

Fallon (in town)right here

5%2

Bainville99.7 mi away

3%1

Laurel191.9 mi away

3%1

Lewistown204.5 mi away

3%1

Missoula420.2 mi away

3%1

Sundance, WY172 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%14

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

How far

How far Fallon commutes

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

29%

13%

45%

29%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fallon is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fallon are

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

Jobs based in Fallon

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less83%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Fallon residents hold

39 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+1100%

Jobs based in Fallon, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 12. 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.