Work & commute · Fortine

Work & commute in Fortine, MT

Most working residents leave Fortine for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Eureka (23%), Missoula (5%) and Whitefish (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 112 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

58 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 107 Fortine residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fortine.

107live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

109work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fortine goes to work

Eureka10.6 mi away

23%26

Missoula136.9 mi away

5%6

Whitefish33.7 mi away

4%5

Helena200.9 mi away

4%5

Fortine (in town)right here

4%5

Trego8.3 mi away

4%4

Kalispell46 mi away

3%3

Evergreen46.8 mi away

3%3

Troy50.7 mi away

2%2

Libby40.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%51

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

How far

How far Fortine commutes

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

24%

40%

14%

21%

24%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fortine is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fortine are

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

Jobs based in Fortine

114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities62%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Fortine residents hold

112 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+192%

Jobs based in Fortine, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 114. 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.