Work & commute · Kila

Work & commute in Kila, MT

Most working residents leave Kila for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Kalispell (36%), Whitefish (7%) and Missoula (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 166 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 163 Kila residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kila.

163live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

65work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kila goes to work

Kalispell9.5 mi away

36%59

Whitefish22.6 mi away

7%12

Missoula88.7 mi away

5%8

Evergreen12 mi away

4%7

Columbia Falls21.7 mi away

4%6

Helena156 mi away

3%5

Billings322.4 mi away

2%4

Kila (in town)right here

2%3

Somers11.6 mi away

1%2

Bigfork19.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%58

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

How far

How far Kila commutes

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

43%

36%

19%

43%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kila is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.41 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Kila are

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

Jobs based in Kila

68 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Kila residents hold

166 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+24%

Jobs based in Kila, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 68. 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.