Work & commute · Bonners Ferry

Work & commute in Bonners Ferry, ID

About one in 3 of Bonners Ferry’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Sandpoint (8%), Coeur d'Alene (4%) and Boise City (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

262 of 883 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 621 Bonners Ferry residents head out of town to work, 262 work right here, and 1,369 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bonners Ferry.

621live here, work elsewhere

262live and work here

1,369work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bonners Ferry goes to work

Bonners Ferry (in town)right here

30%262

Sandpoint30.5 mi away

8%74

Coeur d'Alene71.9 mi away

4%37

Boise City352.1 mi away

3%28

Ponderay28.6 mi away

3%26

Moyie Springs6 mi away

2%22

Post Falls72.8 mi away

1%12

Hayden67.7 mi away

1%10

Spokane Valley, WA82.7 mi away

1%9

Spokane, WA87.6 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%395

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

How far

How far Bonners Ferry commutes

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

53%

16%

24%

53%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bonners Ferry is a job hub

1.85jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bonners Ferry are

1,631 jobs are based in Bonners Ferry. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bonners Ferry’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bonners Ferry

1,631 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Bonners Ferry residents hold

883 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−5%

Jobs based in Bonners Ferry, 2013 → 2023: 1,710 → 1,631. 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.