Work & commute · Helena Flats

Work & commute in Helena Flats, MT

Most working residents leave Helena Flats for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Kalispell (31%), Evergreen (9%) and Whitefish (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 524 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 501 Helena Flats residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 390 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Helena Flats.

501live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

390work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Helena Flats goes to work

Kalispell6 mi away

31%163

Evergreen3.8 mi away

9%49

Whitefish12.1 mi away

6%31

Helena Flats (in town)right here

4%23

Missoula97.5 mi away

4%21

Columbia Falls6.7 mi away

4%19

Helena155.8 mi away

2%8

Hungry Horse10.7 mi away

2%8

Bigfork15.9 mi away

2%8

Great Falls146.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%187

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

How far

How far Helena Flats commutes

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

73%

10%

16%

73%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Helena Flats is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Helena Flats are

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

Jobs based in Helena Flats

413 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Helena Flats residents hold

524 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+13%

Jobs based in Helena Flats, 2013 → 2023: 366 → 413. 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.