Work & commute · Sun Prairie

Work & commute in Sun Prairie, MT

Most working residents leave Sun Prairie for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Great Falls (63%), Billings (3%) and Helena (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 653 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 649 Sun Prairie residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sun Prairie.

649live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

77work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sun Prairie goes to work

Great Falls9.1 mi away

63%414

Billings184.2 mi away

3%20

Helena69.5 mi away

3%19

Black Eagle10.7 mi away

2%16

Missoula127.6 mi away

2%10

Bozeman129.6 mi away

1%9

Lewistown101.1 mi away

1%6

Kalispell139.7 mi away

1%6

Choteau37.5 mi away

1%4

Havre108.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%145

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

How far

How far Sun Prairie commutes

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

35%

40%

24%

35%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sun Prairie is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.12 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sun Prairie are

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

Jobs based in Sun Prairie

81 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities72%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Sun Prairie residents hold

653 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−19%

Jobs based in Sun Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 81. 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.