With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Pinesdale works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 26% of workers (Montana 12%). 122 jobs are based in Pinesdale; 265 of its residents have a job. Only 6% stay in Pinesdale for work; outside it, Hamilton is the main destination (23%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Pinesdale apart
A lot of Pinesdale works from home
27% of Pinesdale workers work from home, against 13% across Montana. Time on the road ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Pinesdale’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 23 minutes, longer than the Montana average of 19. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 265 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 23 minutes to work from Pinesdale
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pinesdale workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 300 commuters (the 26% 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.
In and out of Pinesdale on a workday
On a workday 250 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in Pinesdale on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
Commuting out of Pinesdale: the destinations
Where Pinesdale clocks in
23% of workers
12% of workers
3% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 75% of the jobs in Pinesdale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pinesdale, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 122. 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 Pinesdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Pinesdale’s commute, mile by mile
About 22% 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.
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 Pinesdale: questions
What is the median household income in Pinesdale?
$66,875 (±$30,094) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pinesdale?
13.8%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pinesdale?
23 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pinesdale work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hamilton (23%, 6 mi), Missoula (12%, 38 mi), Stevensville (3%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pinesdale 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 Pinesdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pinesdale
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.