Work & commute · West Havre

Work & commute in West Havre, MT

Most working residents leave West Havre for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Havre (53%), Great Falls (3%) and Helena (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 127 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 125 West Havre residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 386 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Havre.

125live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

386work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Havre goes to work

Havre2.5 mi away

53%67

Great Falls102.3 mi away

3%4

Helena171.9 mi away

2%3

Billings198.5 mi away

2%3

Beaver Creek3.5 mi away

2%3

Missoula230.7 mi away

2%2

West Havre (in town)right here

2%2

Saddle Butte4.3 mi away

2%2

Rocky Boy West21 mi away

2%2

Harlem43.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%38

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

How far

How far West Havre commutes

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

68%

19%

68%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Havre is a job hub

3.06jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in West Havre are

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

Jobs based in West Havre

388 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities82%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs West Havre residents hold

127 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+30%

Jobs based in West Havre, 2013 → 2023: 298 → 388. 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.