Work & commute · Stanford

Work & commute in Stanford, MT

Most working residents leave Stanford for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Hobson (14%), Great Falls (12%) and Lewistown (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

18 of 112 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 94 Stanford residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stanford.

94live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

127work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stanford goes to work

Stanford (in town)right here

16%18

Hobson19.4 mi away

14%16

Great Falls56.1 mi away

12%13

Lewistown36.7 mi away

4%4

Missoula180.4 mi away

4%4

Windham6.4 mi away

4%4

Laurel123.1 mi away

2%2

Livingston103.9 mi away

2%2

Helena93.3 mi away

2%2

Bozeman109.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%45

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

How far

How far Stanford commutes

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

24%

27%

13%

36%

24%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stanford is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stanford are

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

Jobs based in Stanford

145 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Stanford residents hold

112 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+31%

Jobs based in Stanford, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 145. 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.