Meadowbrook Stock Farm · Photo: Belgian1908 · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Hobson
The average commute takes 14 minutes each way, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. Only 2% work in Hobson itself; outside it, Stanford draws the most (23%, 19 miles). 75 jobs are based in Hobson, and 61 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Hobson on a workday
On a workday 60 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Hobson to work: where people go
Where Hobson clocks in
23% of workers
8% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Most jobs in Hobson are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hobson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Hobson’s commute takes about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hobson workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 58 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Montana: 81% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Hobson commutes less than 25 miles
About 34% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Hobson: questions
What is the median household income in Hobson?
$42,917 (±$11,744) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hobson?
8.1%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hobson?
14 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hobson work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stanford (23%, 19 mi), Great Falls (8%, 75 mi), Lewistown (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hobson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hobson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hobson
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.