Work & commute · Harlem

Work & commute in Harlem, MT

43% of Harlem’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Chinook (6%), Missoula (5%) and Billings (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

70 of 161 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 91 Harlem residents head out of town to work, 70 work right here, and 303 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harlem.

91live here, work elsewhere

70live and work here

303work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harlem goes to work

Harlem (in town)right here

43%70

Chinook20.8 mi away

6%9

Missoula269.2 mi away

5%8

Billings189.9 mi away

5%8

Havre40.9 mi away

4%6

Great Falls136.3 mi away

3%5

Helena201.5 mi away

2%4

Turner27.9 mi away

2%4

Hogeland23 mi away

2%3

East Glacier Park Village203.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%41

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

How far

How far Harlem commutes

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

46%

11%

35%

46%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harlem is a job hub

2.32jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Harlem are

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

Jobs based in Harlem

373 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Harlem residents hold

161 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+55%

Jobs based in Harlem, 2013 → 2023: 241 → 373. 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.