Work & commute · American Falls

Work & commute in American Falls, ID

About one in 4 of American Falls’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Pocatello (13%), Boise City (4%) and Idaho Falls (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

441 of 1,835 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,394 American Falls residents head out of town to work, 441 work right here, and 803 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in American Falls.

1,394live here, work elsewhere

441live and work here

803work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where American Falls goes to work

American Falls (in town)right here

24%441

Pocatello20.8 mi away

13%242

Boise City179.2 mi away

4%70

Idaho Falls63.9 mi away

3%59

Chubbuck22.4 mi away

3%56

Twin Falls83 mi away

1%23

Aberdeen11.2 mi away

1%22

Rexburg89.6 mi away

1%22

Coeur d'Alene390.2 mi away

1%14

Meridian187.6 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%872

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far American Falls commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

53%

21%

22%

53%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

American Falls is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in American Falls are

1,244 jobs are based in American Falls. Here is what they are, next to the jobs American Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in American Falls

1,244 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs American Falls residents hold

1,835 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+10%

Jobs based in American Falls, 2013 → 2023: 1,130 → 1,244. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.