Work & commute · Coram

Work & commute in Coram, MT

Most working residents leave Coram for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kalispell (18%), Columbia Falls (12%) and Hungry Horse (12%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 146 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

38%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 144 Coram residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coram.

144live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

88work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coram goes to work

Kalispell19.6 mi away

18%26

Columbia Falls7.8 mi away

12%17

Hungry Horse3.3 mi away

12%17

Whitefish13.8 mi away

10%15

Missoula107.5 mi away

3%5

Helena158.2 mi away

2%3

Great Falls142.3 mi away

2%3

Bozeman236.4 mi away

2%3

Billings316.2 mi away

2%3

Evergreen17.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%51

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

How far

How far Coram commutes

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

34%

45%

17%

34%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coram is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Coram are

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

Jobs based in Coram

90 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Coram residents hold

146 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+23%

Jobs based in Coram, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 90. 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.