Work & commute · Valier

Work & commute in Valier, MT

Most working residents leave Valier for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Conrad (8%), Great Falls (8%) and Shelby (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

13 of 99 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 86 Valier residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valier.

86live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

125work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valier goes to work

Valier (in town)right here

13%13

Conrad16.7 mi away

8%8

Great Falls70.9 mi away

8%8

Shelby22.5 mi away

6%6

Missoula128.9 mi away

5%5

Billings246.1 mi away

5%5

East Glacier Park Village45.6 mi away

4%4

Cut Bank23 mi away

3%3

Miles City327.5 mi away

2%2

Helena118.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%43

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

How far

How far Valier commutes

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

16%

19%

21%

43%

16%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valier 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 Valier are

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

Jobs based in Valier

138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Valier residents hold

99 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−9%

Jobs based in Valier, 2013 → 2023: 151 → 138. 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.