More than half of Stockett’s working residents commute to Great Falls
The average commute takes 82 minutes each way, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. Home is the office for 0% of workers (Montana 12%). Hardly any work in Stockett; the top destination outside it is Great Falls (52%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Stockett
On a workday 56 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Stockett on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.05 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Stockett’s working residents head each day
Where Stockett clocks in
52% 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.
What Stockett’s employers do
3 jobs are based in Stockett.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stockett, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 3. 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 Stockett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 82 minutes from Stockett
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 26.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stockett workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 104 commuters (the 0% 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.
The commute from Stockett, by distance
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 Stockett: questions
What is the median household income in Stockett?
$70,938 (±$40,598) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stockett?
9.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stockett?
82 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stockett work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Stockett without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stockett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stockett
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.