Work & commute · Corvallis

Work & commute in Corvallis, MT

Most working residents leave Corvallis for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Hamilton (31%), Missoula (10%) and Billings (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 439 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 415 Corvallis residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 357 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Corvallis.

415live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

357work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Corvallis goes to work

Hamilton4.8 mi away

31%136

Missoula38.9 mi away

10%44

Corvallis (in town)right here

5%24

Billings269 mi away

3%11

Bozeman153.1 mi away

2%9

Pinesdale5.5 mi away

2%7

Darby20.3 mi away

1%6

Stevensville13.4 mi away

1%5

Kalispell131.8 mi away

1%5

Great Falls156.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%188

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

How far

How far Corvallis commutes

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

62%

15%

17%

62%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Corvallis is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Corvallis are

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

Jobs based in Corvallis

381 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Corvallis residents hold

439 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−11%

Jobs based in Corvallis, 2013 → 2023: 429 → 381. 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.