Work & commute · Bliss

Work & commute in Bliss, ID

Most working residents leave Bliss for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Gooding (19%), Twin Falls (11%) and Boise City (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 104 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 102 Bliss residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 115 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bliss.

102live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

115work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bliss goes to work

Gooding11.9 mi away

19%20

Twin Falls35.1 mi away

11%11

Boise City79.6 mi away

7%7

Jerome26.1 mi away

4%4

Pocatello125.9 mi away

4%4

Heyburn65.2 mi away

3%3

Hagerman7.9 mi away

2%2

Bliss (in town)right here

2%2

Bellevue51.3 mi away

2%2

Ketchum59.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%47

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

How far

How far Bliss commutes

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

45%

20%

28%

7%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bliss is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bliss are

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

Jobs based in Bliss

117 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Bliss residents hold

104 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+550%

Jobs based in Bliss, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 117. 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.