Work & commute · Power

Work & commute in Power, MT

Most working residents leave Power for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Great Falls (25%), Choteau (13%) and Fairfield (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 52 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 50 Power residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Power.

50live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

68work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Power goes to work

Great Falls24 mi away

25%13

Choteau23.1 mi away

13%7

Fairfield15 mi away

6%3

Dutton8.7 mi away

4%2

Conrad33.3 mi away

4%2

Bozeman144.2 mi away

4%2

Power (in town)right here

4%2

Helena Valley West Central75.2 mi away

4%2

Kalispell126.3 mi away

2%1

Helena79.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%17

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

How far

How far Power commutes

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

10%

43%

27%

20%

10%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Power is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Power are

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

Jobs based in Power

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Power residents hold

52 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+8%

Jobs based in Power, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 70. 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.