Work & commute · Geyser

Work & commute in Geyser, MT

Most working residents leave Geyser for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Stanford (17%), Hobson (13%) and Lewistown (8%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 24 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

8 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 23 Geyser residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Geyser.

23live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Geyser goes to work

Stanford15 mi away

17%4

Hobson34.4 mi away

13%3

Lewistown51 mi away

8%2

Great Falls41.2 mi away

8%2

Moore42.5 mi away

4%1

Geyser (in town)right here

4%1

Evergreen187.8 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%10

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

How far

How far Geyser commutes

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

13%

25%

38%

25%

13%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Geyser is a job hub

1.63jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Geyser are

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

Jobs based in Geyser

39 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Geyser residents hold

24 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+1200%

Jobs based in Geyser, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 39. 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.