Work & commute · Charlo

Work & commute in Charlo, MT

Most working residents leave Charlo for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Polson (14%), Missoula (13%) and Ronan (12%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 129 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 127 Charlo residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Charlo.

127live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Charlo goes to work

Polson17 mi away

14%18

Missoula39.9 mi away

13%17

Ronan6.8 mi away

12%16

St. Ignatius9.3 mi away

5%7

Billings290.1 mi away

2%3

Pablo11.6 mi away

2%3

Kalispell53.9 mi away

2%2

Charlo (in town)right here

2%2

Post Falls, ID130.6 mi away

1%1

Cut Bank118.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%59

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

How far

How far Charlo commutes

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

32%

27%

22%

19%

32%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Charlo is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Charlo are

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

Jobs based in Charlo

82 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Charlo residents hold

129 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−2%

Jobs based in Charlo, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 82. 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.