Work & commute · Heron

Work & commute in Heron, MT

Most working residents leave Heron for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Kootenai (4%), Oldtown (4%) and Priest River (4%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 28 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 26 Heron residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Heron.

26live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Heron goes to work

Heron (in town)right here

7%2

Kootenai, ID30.1 mi away

4%1

Oldtown, ID48.5 mi away

4%1

Priest River, ID43.5 mi away

4%1

Ponderay, ID30.6 mi away

4%1

Brooklyn Park, MN1089.7 mi away

4%1

Plentywood525.6 mi away

4%1

Thompson Falls43.6 mi away

4%1

Missoula122.8 mi away

4%1

New York, NY2110.6 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%17

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

How far

How far Heron commutes

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

41%

22%

33%

41%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Heron is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Heron are

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

Jobs based in Heron

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Heron residents hold

28 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−72%

Jobs based in Heron, 2013 → 2023: 109 → 31. 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.