Work & commute · Ronan

Work & commute in Ronan, MT

About one in 4 of Ronan’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Polson (26%), Pablo (3%) and Missoula (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

213 of 764 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 551 Ronan residents head out of town to work, 213 work right here, and 1,252 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ronan.

551live here, work elsewhere

213live and work here

1,252work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ronan goes to work

Ronan (in town)right here

28%213

Polson11.3 mi away

26%198

Pablo5.3 mi away

3%24

Missoula45.3 mi away

3%23

Kalispell48.7 mi away

2%16

Helena117.2 mi away

1%11

St. Ignatius14.5 mi away

1%10

Great Falls130.7 mi away

1%10

Bozeman192.7 mi away

1%8

Kicking Horse4.9 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%243

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

How far

How far Ronan commutes

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

49%

31%

13%

49%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ronan is a job hub

1.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ronan are

1,465 jobs are based in Ronan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ronan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ronan

1,465 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Ronan residents hold

764 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−11%

Jobs based in Ronan, 2013 → 2023: 1,653 → 1,465. 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.