Work & commute · Olney

Work & commute in Olney, MT

Most working residents leave Olney for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Whitefish (19%), Kalispell (12%) and Evergreen (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 57 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 57 Olney residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olney.

57live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olney goes to work

Whitefish12.8 mi away

19%11

Kalispell25.5 mi away

12%7

Evergreen25.9 mi away

7%4

Missoula118.3 mi away

5%3

Columbia Falls21.2 mi away

4%2

Helena179.9 mi away

4%2

Hungry Horse25.9 mi away

4%2

Libby46.4 mi away

2%1

Great Falls167.5 mi away

2%1

Billings340.9 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%23

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

How far

How far Olney commutes

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

11%

41%

25%

23%

11%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olney is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Olney are

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

Jobs based in Olney

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less67%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Olney residents hold

57 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−86%

Jobs based in Olney, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 6. 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.