Work & commute · Pioneer Junction

Work & commute in Pioneer Junction, MT

Most working residents leave Pioneer Junction for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Libby (39%), Kalispell (8%) and Troy (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 273 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 268 Pioneer Junction residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pioneer Junction.

268live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pioneer Junction goes to work

Libby5.2 mi away

39%107

Kalispell55.2 mi away

8%21

Troy19.8 mi away

3%9

Pioneer Junction (in town)right here

2%5

Missoula121.5 mi away

1%4

Helena202.1 mi away

1%3

Bozeman278 mi away

1%3

Billings371.3 mi away

1%3

Orchard Homes121.4 mi away

1%3

Hamilton156.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%113

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

How far

How far Pioneer Junction commutes

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

60%

29%

60%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pioneer Junction is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pioneer Junction are

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

Jobs based in Pioneer Junction

69 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Pioneer Junction residents hold

273 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+64%

Jobs based in Pioneer Junction, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 69. 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.