Work & commute · Arlee

Work & commute in Arlee, MT

Most working residents leave Arlee for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Missoula (29%), Polson (15%) and Wye (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

25 of 228 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 203 Arlee residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 195 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arlee.

203live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

195work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arlee goes to work

Missoula20.5 mi away

29%67

Polson36.1 mi away

15%34

Arlee (in town)right here

11%25

Wye15.1 mi away

3%7

St. Ignatius10.4 mi away

2%5

Ronan24.8 mi away

2%5

Helena105.2 mi away

2%5

Pablo30.2 mi away

2%5

Kalispell73.3 mi away

2%4

Billings279.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%67

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

How far

How far Arlee commutes

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

21%

44%

20%

15%

21%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arlee is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Arlee are

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

Jobs based in Arlee

220 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Arlee residents hold

228 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+15%

Jobs based in Arlee, 2013 → 2023: 192 → 220. 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.