Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.94 minutes getting to work every day.
In terms of college education, Great Falls is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.31% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Great Falls in 2022 was $35,968, which is upper middle income relative to Montana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,872 for a family of four. However, Great Falls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Great Falls is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Great Falls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Great Falls residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Great Falls include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Great Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
