Work & commute · Malta

Work & commute in Malta, MT

About one in 3 of Malta’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Whitewater (7%), Billings (5%) and Glasgow (2%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

177 of 514 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 337 Malta residents head out of town to work, 177 work right here, and 422 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Malta.

337live here, work elsewhere

177live and work here

422work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Malta goes to work

Malta (in town)right here

34%177

Whitewater30.2 mi away

7%35

Billings180.2 mi away

5%25

Glasgow58 mi away

2%12

Baker217.3 mi away

2%10

Dodson17.5 mi away

2%9

Havre83.8 mi away

2%9

Kalispell297 mi away

1%7

Lewistown116.3 mi away

1%6

Helena228.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%218

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

How far

How far Malta commutes

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

43%

12%

39%

43%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Malta 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 Malta are

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

Jobs based in Malta

599 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Malta residents hold

514 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−23%

Jobs based in Malta, 2013 → 2023: 773 → 599. 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.