Work & commute · Whitehall

Work & commute in Whitehall, MT

Most working residents leave Whitehall for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Bozeman (8%), Helena (6%) and Billings (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

45 of 355 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 310 Whitehall residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 301 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitehall.

310live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

301work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitehall goes to work

Whitehall (in town)right here

13%45

Bozeman51.9 mi away

8%28

Helena50.2 mi away

6%23

Billings170.8 mi away

5%18

Missoula115.1 mi away

3%11

Four Corners46.4 mi away

3%10

Great Falls118.9 mi away

2%8

Rader Creek10.7 mi away

2%6

Twin Bridges25.4 mi away

1%5

Dillon52.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%196

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

How far

How far Whitehall commutes

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

22%

23%

20%

34%

22%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitehall is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitehall are

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

Jobs based in Whitehall

346 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Whitehall residents hold

355 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+29%

Jobs based in Whitehall, 2013 → 2023: 268 → 346. 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.