Work & commute · Superior

Work & commute in Superior, MT

About one in 4 of Superior’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Missoula (24%), St. Regis (6%) and Alberton (6%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

58 of 253 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 195 Superior residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 408 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Superior.

195live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

408work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Superior goes to work

Missoula46.8 mi away

24%60

Superior (in town)right here

23%58

St. Regis12.2 mi away

6%15

Alberton23.6 mi away

6%14

Bozeman210.9 mi away

2%5

Wye39.9 mi away

2%5

Billings317.1 mi away

2%4

Cyr20 mi away

2%4

Plains18.3 mi away

1%3

Whitefish89.6 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%82

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

How far

How far Superior commutes

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

27%

20%

31%

22%

27%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Superior is a job hub

1.84jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Superior are

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

Jobs based in Superior

466 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Superior residents hold

253 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−17%

Jobs based in Superior, 2013 → 2023: 563 → 466. 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.