Work & commute · Thompson Falls

Work & commute in Thompson Falls, MT

About one in 4 of Thompson Falls’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Plains (7%), Missoula (3%) and Belknap (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

82 of 330 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 248 Thompson Falls residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 504 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thompson Falls.

248live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

504work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thompson Falls goes to work

Thompson Falls (in town)right here

25%82

Plains23.4 mi away

7%23

Missoula79.5 mi away

3%11

Belknap5 mi away

3%11

Kalispell63.4 mi away

3%10

Great Falls188.6 mi away

2%7

Trout Creek19.7 mi away

2%6

Billings345.1 mi away

2%5

Polson56.3 mi away

1%4

Bozeman242.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%167

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

How far

How far Thompson Falls commutes

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

50%

15%

31%

50%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thompson Falls is a job hub

1.78jobs 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 Thompson Falls are

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

Jobs based in Thompson Falls

586 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Thompson Falls residents hold

330 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+31%

Jobs based in Thompson Falls, 2013 → 2023: 447 → 586. 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.