For more than half of its working residents, West Havre is a commute to Havre
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Montana as a whole has 12%. West Havre has 376 jobs for 113 working residents. Below the poverty line: 3.5% of residents, against 11.5% across Montana.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
West Havre by day and by night
On a workday 109 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 372 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in West Havre on a workday afternoon, 184% more than live here.
3.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where West Havre’s workers come from
Where West Havre clocks in
4% of workers
4% 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 West Havre’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Havre, 2014 → 2024: 271 → 376. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Havre’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in West Havre
of West Havre workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 70 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from West Havre
About 17% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
56% of West Havre works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | West Havre workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Havre | – | — | — | — | $67,188 |
| Havre | 56% | C− | A | 11 min | $50,329 |
| Herron | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Herron: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Havre. Darker towns draw more of West Havre’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 West Havre: questions
What is the median household income in West Havre?
$67,188 (±$2,337) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in West Havre?
3.5%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in West Havre work?
4% work in town.
Can you get around West Havre 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 West Havre, from the people who make the trip.
More of West Havre
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.