Work & commute · Big Arm

Work & commute in Big Arm, MT

Most working residents leave Big Arm for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Polson (43%), Missoula (14%) and Kalispell (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 51 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 51 Big Arm residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Arm.

51live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Big Arm goes to work

Polson9.4 mi away

43%22

Missoula64.5 mi away

14%7

Kalispell29.3 mi away

4%2

Bigfork22.4 mi away

4%2

San Diego, CA1044.5 mi away

2%1

Ronan20 mi away

2%1

Dillon194.2 mi away

2%1

East Helena138.4 mi away

2%1

Livingston229.2 mi away

2%1

Portland, OR426.6 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%12

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

How far

How far Big Arm commutes

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

27%

35%

31%

27%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Big Arm is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Arm are

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

Jobs based in Big Arm

54 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Big Arm residents hold

51 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−23%

Jobs based in Big Arm, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 54. 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.