Work & commute · Basalt

Work & commute in Basalt, ID

Most working residents leave Basalt for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Idaho Falls (27%), Firth (8%) and Blackfoot (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 153 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 148 Basalt residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 223 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Basalt.

148live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

223work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Basalt goes to work

Idaho Falls13.7 mi away

27%41

Firth1.1 mi away

8%13

Blackfoot12.4 mi away

6%9

Pocatello34.1 mi away

4%6

Basalt (in town)right here

3%5

Shelley5 mi away

3%5

Ammon15.1 mi away

3%5

Twin Falls127.2 mi away

3%5

Meridian213.4 mi away

3%5

Boise City204.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%56

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

How far

How far Basalt commutes

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

26%

48%

11%

15%

26%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Basalt is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Basalt are

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

Jobs based in Basalt

228 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)89%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Basalt residents hold

153 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−20%

Jobs based in Basalt, 2013 → 2023: 284 → 228. 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.