Work & commute · Bellevue

Work & commute in Bellevue, ID

Most working residents leave Bellevue for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Hailey (28%), Ketchum (22%) and Sun Valley (12%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

79 of 1,193 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,114 Bellevue residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 794 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bellevue.

1,114live here, work elsewhere

79live and work here

794work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bellevue goes to work

Hailey3.7 mi away

28%329

Ketchum16 mi away

22%264

Sun Valley15.4 mi away

12%144

Bellevue (in town)right here

7%79

Boise City99.4 mi away

4%48

Twin Falls63.4 mi away

2%29

Meridian107.9 mi away

1%17

Idaho Falls111.3 mi away

1%15

Nampa115.9 mi away

1%12

Pocatello99.4 mi away

0%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%251

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

How far

How far Bellevue commutes

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

41%

39%

18%

41%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bellevue is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bellevue are

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

Jobs based in Bellevue

873 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Bellevue residents hold

1,193 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+65%

Jobs based in Bellevue, 2013 → 2023: 529 → 873. 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.