Work & commute · Pinesdale

Work & commute in Pinesdale, MT

Most working residents leave Pinesdale for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Hamilton (23%), Missoula (12%) and Stevensville (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 265 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 250 Pinesdale residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pinesdale.

250live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

107work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pinesdale goes to work

Hamilton6.4 mi away

23%60

Missoula38.5 mi away

12%31

Pinesdale (in town)right here

6%15

Stevensville13.6 mi away

3%8

Billings274.4 mi away

3%7

Corvallis5.5 mi away

3%7

Helena106.4 mi away

2%6

Great Falls159.8 mi away

2%5

Kalispell130.1 mi away

1%3

Anaconda-Deer Lodge County54.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%120

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

How far

How far Pinesdale commutes

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

53%

17%

22%

53%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pinesdale is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pinesdale are

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

Jobs based in Pinesdale

122 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)75%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Pinesdale residents hold

265 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+205%

Jobs based in Pinesdale, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 122. 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.