Work & commute · Athol

Work & commute in Athol, ID

Most working residents leave Athol for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Coeur d'Alene (23%), Post Falls (13%) and Hayden (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 260 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 255 Athol residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 329 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Athol.

255live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

329work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Athol goes to work

Coeur d'Alene17.4 mi away

23%61

Post Falls18.8 mi away

13%34

Hayden13.1 mi away

8%21

Spokane, WA38.8 mi away

4%10

Rathdrum13.6 mi away

3%9

Spokane Valley, WA31.3 mi away

3%8

Sandpoint24.1 mi away

3%7

Boise City301.4 mi away

3%7

Athol (in town)right here

2%5

Dalton Gardens15 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%95

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

How far

How far Athol commutes

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

14%

60%

12%

13%

14%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Athol is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Athol are

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

Jobs based in Athol

334 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Athol residents hold

260 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+74%

Jobs based in Athol, 2013 → 2023: 192 → 334. 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.