Work & commute · Seeley Lake

Work & commute in Seeley Lake, MT

About one in 4 of Seeley Lake’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Missoula (24%), Helena (3%) and Billings (2%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

150 of 543 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 393 Seeley Lake residents head out of town to work, 150 work right here, and 376 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seeley Lake.

393live here, work elsewhere

150live and work here

376work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seeley Lake goes to work

Seeley Lake (in town)right here

28%150

Missoula33.7 mi away

24%131

Helena78.8 mi away

3%18

Billings252.1 mi away

2%9

Potomac20.7 mi away

2%9

Bozeman153.9 mi away

1%8

Condon27.4 mi away

1%8

Kalispell82.8 mi away

1%6

Great Falls103.6 mi away

1%6

Bonner-West Riverside28.6 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%193

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

How far

How far Seeley Lake commutes

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

31%

16%

31%

22%

31%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seeley Lake is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Seeley Lake are

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

Jobs based in Seeley Lake

526 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Seeley Lake residents hold

543 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+108%

Jobs based in Seeley Lake, 2013 → 2023: 253 → 526. 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.