Jette has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The poverty rate is 17.9%, next to 11.5% for Montana as a whole. Employers in Jette report 10 jobs, against 108 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jette by day and by night
On a workday 108 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Jette on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
40% of working residents work in Polson
Where Jette clocks in
40% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jette makes things: 30% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jette, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 10. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jette’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Jette
of Jette workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 60 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Montana: 81% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Jette, by distance
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door is work for 40% of Jette
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Polson. Darker towns draw more of Jette’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Jette: questions
What is the median household income in Jette?
$49,219 (±$26,573) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jette?
17.9%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Jette work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Polson (40%, 3 mi), Missoula (7%, 59 mi), Pablo (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jette without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jette, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jette
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.