Work & commute · Alberton

Work & commute in Alberton, MT

Most working residents leave Alberton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Missoula (22%), Superior (19%) and Billings (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 170 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 160 Alberton residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alberton.

160live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alberton goes to work

Missoula23.5 mi away

22%37

Superior23.6 mi away

19%32

Alberton (in town)right here

6%10

Billings294.8 mi away

4%6

St. Regis35.7 mi away

4%6

Helena120 mi away

3%5

Kalispell84 mi away

2%4

Hamilton54.2 mi away

2%3

Seattle, WA370.8 mi away

1%2

Cyr4.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%63

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

How far

How far Alberton commutes

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

54%

10%

28%

8%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alberton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Alberton are

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

Jobs based in Alberton

134 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Alberton residents hold

170 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+19%

Jobs based in Alberton, 2013 → 2023: 113 → 134. 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.