Work & commute · Evergreen

Work & commute in Evergreen, MT

Most working residents leave Evergreen for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Kalispell (39%), Whitefish (6%) and Missoula (4%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

588 of 3,930 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 3,342 Evergreen residents head out of town to work, 588 work right here, and 3,161 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Evergreen.

3,342live here, work elsewhere

588live and work here

3,161work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Evergreen goes to work

Kalispell2.7 mi away

39%1,536

Evergreen (in town)right here

15%588

Whitefish14.8 mi away

6%223

Missoula94.3 mi away

4%141

Columbia Falls10.5 mi away

3%107

Bigfork14.2 mi away

1%50

Bozeman232.3 mi away

1%33

Helena Flats3.8 mi away

1%32

Helena154.4 mi away

1%30

Hungry Horse14.3 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,161

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

How far

How far Evergreen commutes

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

71%

14%

71%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Evergreen is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Evergreen are

3,749 jobs are based in Evergreen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Evergreen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Evergreen

3,749 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Evergreen residents hold

3,930 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+9%

Jobs based in Evergreen, 2013 → 2023: 3,434 → 3,749. 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.