Work & commute · Geraldine

Work & commute in Geraldine, MT

Most working residents leave Geraldine for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Great Falls (17%), Big Sandy (9%) and Fort Benton (9%). Half commute less than 47 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 66 working residents

Typical commute

47 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 65 Geraldine residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Geraldine.

65live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

51work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Geraldine goes to work

Great Falls48.7 mi away

17%11

Big Sandy40.5 mi away

9%6

Fort Benton23.9 mi away

9%6

Billings149.3 mi away

6%4

Fairfield79.9 mi away

3%2

Havre70.4 mi away

3%2

Jordan158 mi away

2%1

Stanford31.2 mi away

2%1

Geraldine (in town)right here

2%1

Laurel150.8 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%31

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

How far

How far Geraldine commutes

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

17%

41%

38%

5%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Geraldine is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Geraldine are

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

Jobs based in Geraldine

52 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less46%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Geraldine residents hold

66 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+108%

Jobs based in Geraldine, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 52. 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.