Work & commute · Yaak

Work & commute in Yaak, MT

Most working residents leave Yaak for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Troy (29%), Libby (17%) and Missoula (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 108 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

65%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 106 Yaak residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Yaak.

106live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

107work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Yaak goes to work

Troy27.2 mi away

29%31

Libby31.2 mi away

17%18

Missoula155.5 mi away

5%5

Bonners Ferry, ID30.3 mi away

4%4

Helena230 mi away

4%4

Hamilton191.8 mi away

2%2

Kalispell75.3 mi away

2%2

Billings394.5 mi away

2%2

Yaak (in town)right here

2%2

Osburn, ID92.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%37

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

How far

How far Yaak commutes

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

10%

54%

34%

1%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

54%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Yaak is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Yaak are

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

Jobs based in Yaak

109 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Yaak residents hold

108 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+63%

Jobs based in Yaak, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 109. 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.