Work & commute · Libby

Work & commute in Libby, MT

51% of Libby’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Kalispell (5%), Troy (3%) and Missoula (3%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51%

604 of 1,184 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 580 Libby residents head out of town to work, 604 work right here, and 1,683 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Libby.

580live here, work elsewhere

604live and work here

1,683work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Libby goes to work

Libby (in town)right here

51%604

Kalispell57.7 mi away

5%61

Troy16.2 mi away

3%41

Missoula126.4 mi away

3%37

Pioneer Junction5.2 mi away

1%16

Helena206.3 mi away

1%14

Billings375 mi away

1%12

Great Falls206.2 mi away

1%11

Bozeman282.5 mi away

1%11

Evergreen60 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%368

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

How far

How far Libby commutes

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

66%

26%

66%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Libby is a job hub

1.93jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Libby are

2,287 jobs are based in Libby. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Libby’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Libby

2,287 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Libby residents hold

1,184 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+37%

Jobs based in Libby, 2013 → 2023: 1,664 → 2,287. 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.