Work & commute · Arbon Valley

Work & commute in Arbon Valley, ID

Most working residents leave Arbon Valley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Pocatello (25%), Idaho Falls (7%) and Rockland (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 230 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 226 Arbon Valley residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arbon Valley.

226live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arbon Valley goes to work

Pocatello6.7 mi away

25%57

Idaho Falls50.2 mi away

7%15

Rockland26 mi away

6%13

American Falls15.1 mi away

6%13

Boise City189.6 mi away

4%9

Fort Hall11.1 mi away

3%8

Meridian198 mi away

2%5

Rexburg76.1 mi away

2%4

Arbon Valley (in town)right here

2%4

Aberdeen13 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%99

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

How far

How far Arbon Valley commutes

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

24%

31%

11%

34%

24%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arbon Valley is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arbon Valley are

61 jobs are based in Arbon Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arbon Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Arbon Valley

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Arbon Valley residents hold

230 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+11%

Jobs based in Arbon Valley, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 61. 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.