Work & commute · Darby

Work & commute in Darby, MT

Most working residents leave Darby for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Hamilton (22%), Missoula (5%) and Billings (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

41 of 231 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 190 Darby residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 299 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Darby.

190live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

299work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Darby goes to work

Hamilton15.8 mi away

22%50

Darby (in town)right here

18%41

Missoula59.2 mi away

5%11

Billings271 mi away

5%11

Bozeman152.2 mi away

3%6

Kalispell151.6 mi away

2%5

Great Falls170.3 mi away

2%5

Stevensville33.6 mi away

2%4

Helena110.4 mi away

2%4

Anaconda-Deer Lodge County50 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%91

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

How far

How far Darby commutes

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

32%

33%

29%

32%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Darby is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Darby are

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

Jobs based in Darby

340 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Darby residents hold

231 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−17%

Jobs based in Darby, 2013 → 2023: 410 → 340. 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.