Work & commute · Blackfoot

Work & commute in Blackfoot, ID

About one in 3 of Blackfoot’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Idaho Falls (17%), Pocatello (9%) and Boise City (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

1,636 of 5,430 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 3,794 Blackfoot residents head out of town to work, 1,636 work right here, and 3,949 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blackfoot.

3,794live here, work elsewhere

1,636live and work here

3,949work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blackfoot goes to work

Blackfoot (in town)right here

30%1,636

Idaho Falls25.8 mi away

17%936

Pocatello23 mi away

9%483

Boise City197 mi away

3%146

Chubbuck19.2 mi away

2%114

Rexburg51.6 mi away

1%63

Ammon27.5 mi away

1%56

Twin Falls115.5 mi away

1%56

Fort Hall13.6 mi away

1%50

Shelley17.1 mi away

1%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,846

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

How far

How far Blackfoot commutes

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

43%

20%

16%

43%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blackfoot is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Blackfoot are

5,585 jobs are based in Blackfoot. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blackfoot’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blackfoot

5,585 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Blackfoot residents hold

5,430 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+33%

Jobs based in Blackfoot, 2013 → 2023: 4,190 → 5,585. 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.