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Jobs & commute in Maxville

With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Maxville works elsewhere

0% of workers have no commute at all, against 12% across Montana. 16 jobs are based in Maxville; 38 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Maxville; the top destination outside it is Philipsburg (32%, 10 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Maxville

On a workday 38 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.

38live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
16work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night200
Workday180
200live here− 38head out to work+ 16come in to work= 180on a workday

About 180 people are in Maxville on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.42jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The places Maxville commutes to

Philipsburg: 12 residents work here (32%)Choteau: 1 residents work here (3%)Polson: 1 residents work here (3%)KalispellGreat Falls: 1 residents work here (3%)Missoula: 5 residents work here (13%)Billings: 1 residents work here (3%)Anaconda-Deer Lodge County: 2 residents work here (5%)SeaTac: 1 residents work here (3%)Butte-Silver Bow: 2 residents work here (5%)Orchard Homes: 1 residents work here (3%)MaxvilleEmigrantPhilipsburgMissoulaAnaconda-Deer Lodge CountyButte-Silver BowChoteauPolsonMaxville
1
Philipsburg10.3 mi away
32%12
2
Missoula46.5 mi away
13%5
4
Butte-Silver Bow48.6 mi away
5%2
5
Choteau104.9 mi away
3%1
6
Polson94 mi away
3%1
7
Great Falls115.5 mi away
3%1
8
Billings229.2 mi away
3%1
9
SeaTac, WA432.3 mi away
3%1
10
Orchard Homes47.5 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%11
The top trips

Where Maxville clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Maxville works in goods: 63% of its jobs

Jobs based in MaxvilleJobs Maxville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms63%21%
Trade, transport & utilities6%16%
Services: health, schools, offices31%63%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less13%24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%21%
Over $3,333 a month63%55%

Who does it

29 or younger19%11%
30 to 5438%55%
55 and older44%34%
+167%

Jobs based in Maxville, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 16. 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 Maxville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Maxville

Working from home
0%

of Maxville workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Maxville gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 123 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

Half of Maxville commutes less than 25 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miPhilipsburg: 32% · 10.3 miMissoula: 13% · 46.5 miAnaconda-Deer Lodge County: 5% · 26.7 miButte-Silver Bow: 5% · 48.6 miChoteau: 3% · 104.9 miPolson: 3% · 94 miGreat Falls: 3% · 115.5 miBillings: 3% · 229.2 miSeaTac: 3% · 432.3 miOrchard Homes: 3% · 47.5 miPhilipsburg 32%Missoula 13%Anaconda-Deer Lodge County 5%Choteau 3%Maxville
MaxvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
18%Under 10 mi7 residents
34%10–24 mi13 residents
26%25–50 mi10 residents
21%Over 50 mi8 residents

About 21% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Maxville: questions

What is the poverty rate in Maxville?

0.0%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Maxville work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philipsburg (32%, 10 mi), Missoula (13%, 46 mi), Anaconda-Deer Lodge County (5%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Maxville 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 Maxville, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Maxville

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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.