Work & commute · Hungry Horse

Work & commute in Hungry Horse, MT

Most working residents leave Hungry Horse for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia Falls (14%), Kalispell (14%) and Whitefish (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 230 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 212 Hungry Horse residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 610 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hungry Horse.

212live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

610work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hungry Horse goes to work

Columbia Falls5.9 mi away

14%33

Kalispell16.7 mi away

14%32

Hungry Horse (in town)right here

8%18

Whitefish13.4 mi away

5%11

Missoula104.3 mi away

5%11

Coram3.3 mi away

3%8

Bozeman234.3 mi away

3%7

West Glacier8.3 mi away

2%5

Great Falls141.7 mi away

2%4

Helena156.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%98

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

How far

How far Hungry Horse commutes

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

38%

30%

28%

38%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hungry Horse is a job hub

2.73jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hungry Horse are

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

Jobs based in Hungry Horse

628 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Hungry Horse residents hold

230 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+217%

Jobs based in Hungry Horse, 2013 → 2023: 198 → 628. 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.