Scenic Bridge · Photo: Kristi Hager, Photographer · Public domainThere are 2.9 jobs in Potomac for every working resident, and 38 people commute in
38 jobs are based in Potomac for 13 working residents. Hardly any stay in Potomac for work; outside it, Missoula is the main destination (38%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Potomac on a workday
On a workday 13 residents head out to work and none work right here.
2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Potomac’s workforce comes from
Where Potomac clocks in
38% of workers
23% of workers
8% 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.
Potomac is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Potomac’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Potomac works
About 15% 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 Potomac: questions
Where do people who live in Potomac work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Missoula (38%, 21 mi), Seeley Lake (23%, 21 mi), Glendive (8%, 418 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Potomac, from the people who make the trip.
More of Potomac
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.