Work & commute · Kicking Horse

Work & commute in Kicking Horse, MT

Most working residents leave Kicking Horse for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Ronan (30%), Polson (26%) and Missoula (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 47 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 47 Kicking Horse residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kicking Horse.

47live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

55work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kicking Horse goes to work

Ronan4.9 mi away

30%14

Polson16.1 mi away

26%12

Missoula40.6 mi away

6%3

Pablo10.1 mi away

4%2

Denver, CO701.8 mi away

2%1

Newton, MA2099.7 mi away

2%1

Hot Springs30.2 mi away

2%1

St. Ignatius10 mi away

2%1

Redmond, OR407.6 mi away

2%1

Big Arm25 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%10

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

How far

How far Kicking Horse commutes

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

40%

38%

15%

40%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kicking Horse is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kicking Horse are

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

Jobs based in Kicking Horse

55 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Kicking Horse residents hold

47 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+129%

Jobs based in Kicking Horse, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 55. 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.