Work & commute · Philipsburg

Work & commute in Philipsburg, MT

About one in 4 of Philipsburg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Missoula (8%), Anaconda-Deer Lodge County (7%) and Billings (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

77 of 299 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 222 Philipsburg residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 259 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Philipsburg.

222live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

259work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Philipsburg goes to work

Philipsburg (in town)right here

26%77

Missoula51 mi away

8%23

Anaconda-Deer Lodge County18 mi away

7%20

Billings230.5 mi away

5%15

Great Falls124.1 mi away

2%5

Bozeman116.6 mi away

2%5

Drummond24.2 mi away

1%4

Hamilton41.6 mi away

1%3

Bellevue, WA426.6 mi away

1%3

Maxville10.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%141

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

How far

How far Philipsburg commutes

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

43%

15%

11%

31%

43%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Philipsburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Philipsburg are

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

Jobs based in Philipsburg

336 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Philipsburg residents hold

299 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+1%

Jobs based in Philipsburg, 2013 → 2023: 334 → 336. 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.