Work & commute · Fort Shaw

Work & commute in Fort Shaw, MT

Most working residents leave Fort Shaw for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Great Falls (49%), Helena (6%) and Fairfield (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 71 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 70 Fort Shaw residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Shaw.

70live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Shaw goes to work

Great Falls24.2 mi away

49%35

Helena63 mi away

6%4

Fairfield11.1 mi away

4%3

Missoula112.2 mi away

3%2

Simms6.3 mi away

3%2

Chinook141.4 mi away

1%1

Choteau27.6 mi away

1%1

Columbia Falls125.3 mi away

1%1

Bozeman130.5 mi away

1%1

Billings194.8 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%20

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

How far

How far Fort Shaw commutes

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

10%

44%

25%

21%

10%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Shaw is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Shaw are

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

Jobs based in Fort Shaw

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Fort Shaw residents hold

71 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−20%

Jobs based in Fort Shaw, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 35. 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.