Work & commute · Woods Bay

Work & commute in Woods Bay, MT

Most working residents leave Woods Bay for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Kalispell (22%), Bigfork (20%) and Missoula (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 196 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

43%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 187 Woods Bay residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woods Bay.

187live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

79work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woods Bay goes to work

Kalispell18.4 mi away

22%44

Bigfork4.9 mi away

20%39

Missoula78.8 mi away

6%11

Woods Bay (in town)right here

5%9

Polson22.8 mi away

4%7

Whitefish32 mi away

3%5

Bozeman215 mi away

2%4

Bear Dance8 mi away

2%4

Somers9 mi away

2%4

Evergreen17.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%65

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

How far

How far Woods Bay commutes

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

32%

38%

23%

32%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woods Bay is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Woods Bay are

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

Jobs based in Woods Bay

88 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Woods Bay residents hold

196 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+83%

Jobs based in Woods Bay, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 88. 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.