Work & commute · Somers

Work & commute in Somers, MT

Most working residents leave Somers for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Kalispell (37%), Evergreen (6%) and Forest Hill Village (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 413 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

46%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 399 Somers residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 321 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Somers.

399live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

321work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Somers goes to work

Kalispell10.2 mi away

37%152

Evergreen10.3 mi away

6%24

Forest Hill Village3 mi away

5%19

Missoula84 mi away

4%17

Somers (in town)right here

3%14

Bigfork8.3 mi away

3%12

Whitefish25.1 mi away

2%8

Lakeside4.4 mi away

2%8

Columbia Falls20.1 mi away

2%7

Helena Flats13.6 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%145

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

How far

How far Somers commutes

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

53%

28%

18%

53%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Somers is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Somers are

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

Jobs based in Somers

335 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Somers residents hold

413 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+94%

Jobs based in Somers, 2013 → 2023: 173 → 335. 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.