Work & commute · Blanchard

Work & commute in Blanchard, ID

Most working residents leave Blanchard for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Coeur d'Alene (13%), Post Falls (12%) and Hayden (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 139 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 135 Blanchard residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blanchard.

135live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

67work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blanchard goes to work

Coeur d'Alene23.2 mi away

13%18

Post Falls19.9 mi away

12%17

Hayden19 mi away

8%11

Rathdrum15.7 mi away

7%10

Spokane, WA31.3 mi away

6%9

Spirit Lake6.6 mi away

4%5

Spokane Valley, WA26.4 mi away

4%5

Boise City307.1 mi away

3%4

Blanchard (in town)right here

3%4

Sandpoint27.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%53

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

How far

How far Blanchard commutes

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

53%

20%

19%

9%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blanchard is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blanchard are

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

Jobs based in Blanchard

71 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Blanchard residents hold

139 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+1%

Jobs based in Blanchard, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 71. 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.