Work & commute · Trout Creek

Work & commute in Trout Creek, MT

Most working residents leave Trout Creek for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Thompson Falls (26%), Plains (7%) and Belknap (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 74 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 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 72 Trout Creek residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trout Creek.

72live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

89work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trout Creek goes to work

Thompson Falls19.7 mi away

26%19

Plains41.6 mi away

7%5

Belknap14.9 mi away

5%4

Kalispell63.8 mi away

4%3

Missoula98.6 mi away

4%3

Bozeman260.8 mi away

3%2

Trout Creek (in town)right here

3%2

Helena Valley West Central184 mi away

3%2

Hot Springs45.3 mi away

1%1

Superior54.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%32

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

How far

How far Trout Creek commutes

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

45%

12%

34%

9%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trout Creek is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Trout Creek are

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

Jobs based in Trout Creek

91 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Trout Creek residents hold

74 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+34%

Jobs based in Trout Creek, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 91. 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.