Work & commute · Fort Benton

Work & commute in Fort Benton, MT

44% of Fort Benton’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Great Falls (12%), Billings (3%) and Bozeman (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

201 of 457 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 256 Fort Benton residents head out of town to work, 201 work right here, and 339 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Benton.

256live here, work elsewhere

201live and work here

339work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Benton goes to work

Fort Benton (in town)right here

44%201

Great Falls37.5 mi away

12%57

Billings172.5 mi away

3%14

Bozeman149.5 mi away

2%9

Helena106.6 mi away

2%8

East Helena104.5 mi away

2%7

Conrad64.3 mi away

1%6

Helena Valley West Central104.2 mi away

1%5

Missoula171 mi away

1%4

Black Eagle35 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%142

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

How far

How far Fort Benton commutes

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

47%

21%

28%

47%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Benton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Benton are

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

Jobs based in Fort Benton

540 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Fort Benton residents hold

457 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−3%

Jobs based in Fort Benton, 2013 → 2023: 554 → 540. 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.