Work & commute · Havre

Work & commute in Havre, MT

55% of Havre’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Great Falls (5%), West Havre (5%) and Helena (3%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55%

2,177 of 3,951 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 1,774 Havre residents head out of town to work, 2,177 work right here, and 1,462 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Havre.

1,774live here, work elsewhere

2,177live and work here

1,462work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Havre goes to work

Havre (in town)right here

55%2,177

Great Falls103.8 mi away

5%182

West Havre2.5 mi away

5%178

Helena173.2 mi away

3%107

Billings197.4 mi away

2%73

Missoula232.6 mi away

2%62

Saddle Butte2 mi away

1%51

Rocky Boy's Agency19.9 mi away

1%48

Havre North1.5 mi away

1%44

Chinook20.7 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%986

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

How far

How far Havre commutes

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

70%

22%

70%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Havre is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Havre are

3,639 jobs are based in Havre. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Havre’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Havre

3,639 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Havre residents hold

3,951 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−13%

Jobs based in Havre, 2013 → 2023: 4,192 → 3,639. 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.