Most of Woods Bay commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Only 5% work in Woods Bay; the top destination outside it is Kalispell (22%, 18 miles). There are 88 jobs in Woods Bay, and 196 of its residents work somewhere. For 43% of workers, the job is at home, next to 12% for Montana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Woods Bay
On a workday 187 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Woods Bay on a workday afternoon, 13% 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.
Where Woods Bay’s working residents head each day
Where Woods Bay clocks in
20% of workers
6% 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.
Woods Bay makes things: 32% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Woods Bay, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 88. 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 Woods Bay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way for Woods Bay’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Woods Bay workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 250 commuters (the 43% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Woods Bay
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.
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 Woods Bay: questions
What is the median household income in Woods Bay?
$64,091 (±$56,295) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Woods Bay?
10.5%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Woods Bay?
31 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 43% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Woods Bay work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kalispell (22%, 18 mi), Bigfork (20%, 5 mi), Missoula (6%, 79 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Woods Bay without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Woods Bay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Woods Bay
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.