Work & commute · Sylvanite

Work & commute in Sylvanite, MT

Most working residents leave Sylvanite for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Troy (47%), Libby (17%) and Osburn (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 30 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 30 Sylvanite residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sylvanite.

30live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

1work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sylvanite goes to work

Troy17 mi away

47%14

Libby26.4 mi away

17%5

Osburn, ID83.2 mi away

3%1

Columbia Falls80.4 mi away

3%1

Powell, WY433.1 mi away

3%1

Williston, ND558.6 mi away

3%1

Gardiner349.9 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%6

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

How far

How far Sylvanite commutes

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

62%

14%

24%

0%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sylvanite is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.03 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sylvanite are

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

Jobs based in Sylvanite

1 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Sylvanite residents hold

30 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month50%

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.