Work & commute · Bonner-West Riverside

Work & commute in Bonner-West Riverside, MT

Most working residents leave Bonner-West Riverside for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Missoula (61%), Billings (2%) and Helena (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 691 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 663 Bonner-West Riverside residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 712 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bonner-West Riverside.

663live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

712work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bonner-West Riverside goes to work

Missoula6.5 mi away

61%421

Bonner-West Riverside (in town)right here

4%28

Billings265.4 mi away

2%13

Helena90.6 mi away

2%12

Bozeman158.5 mi away

2%12

Great Falls129 mi away

2%11

Lolo12.7 mi away

2%11

Wye12.7 mi away

1%10

East Missoula2.8 mi away

1%7

Orchard Homes8.7 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%159

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

How far

How far Bonner-West Riverside commutes

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

71%

17%

71%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bonner-West Riverside is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bonner-West Riverside are

740 jobs are based in Bonner-West Riverside. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bonner-West Riverside’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bonner-West Riverside

740 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Bonner-West Riverside residents hold

691 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+84%

Jobs based in Bonner-West Riverside, 2013 → 2023: 403 → 740. 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.