Work & commute · Hobson

Work & commute in Hobson, MT

Most working residents leave Hobson for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Stanford (23%), Great Falls (8%) and Lewistown (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 61 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 60 Hobson residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hobson.

60live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hobson goes to work

Stanford19.4 mi away

23%14

Great Falls75.4 mi away

8%5

Lewistown20.1 mi away

5%3

Windham13.6 mi away

5%3

Helena105.2 mi away

3%2

Geyser34.4 mi away

3%2

Champaign, IL1176.5 mi away

2%1

Hobson (in town)right here

2%1

Harlowton38.9 mi away

2%1

Choteau121.6 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%28

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

How far

How far Hobson commutes

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

10%

39%

16%

34%

10%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hobson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hobson are

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

Jobs based in Hobson

75 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Hobson residents hold

61 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+36%

Jobs based in Hobson, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 75. 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.