Work & commute · St. Ignatius

Work & commute in St. Ignatius, MT

Most working residents leave St. Ignatius for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Polson (20%), Missoula (12%) and Ronan (10%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

31 of 259 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 228 St. Ignatius residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 328 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Ignatius.

228live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

328work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. Ignatius goes to work

Polson25.7 mi away

20%51

Missoula30.8 mi away

12%32

St. Ignatius (in town)right here

12%31

Ronan14.5 mi away

10%25

Kalispell63 mi away

3%8

Charlo9.3 mi away

3%7

Helena109.9 mi away

2%6

Pablo19.8 mi away

2%5

Arlee10.4 mi away

2%5

Kicking Horse10 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%85

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

How far

How far St. Ignatius commutes

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

25%

21%

36%

18%

25%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. Ignatius is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Ignatius are

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

Jobs based in St. Ignatius

359 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs St. Ignatius residents hold

259 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+19%

Jobs based in St. Ignatius, 2013 → 2023: 301 → 359. 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.