Work & commute · Carlton

Work & commute in Carlton, MT

Most working residents leave Carlton for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Missoula (58%), Lolo (7%) and Orchard Homes (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 307 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

54 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 307 Carlton residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carlton.

307live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

52work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carlton goes to work

Missoula12.8 mi away

58%179

Lolo6 mi away

7%20

Orchard Homes11.3 mi away

3%9

Wye18.4 mi away

2%5

Kalispell106.1 mi away

1%4

Bozeman159.9 mi away

1%4

Great Falls141.5 mi away

1%3

Billings270.5 mi away

1%3

Seeley Lake43.7 mi away

1%3

St. Ignatius43.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%75

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

How far

How far Carlton commutes

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

11%

70%

15%

11%Under 10 mi

70%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carlton is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.17 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Carlton are

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

Jobs based in Carlton

52 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Carlton residents hold

307 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−10%

Jobs based in Carlton, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 52. 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.