Work & commute · Buhl

Work & commute in Buhl, ID

Most working residents leave Buhl for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Twin Falls (31%), Boise City (4%) and Jerome (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

286 of 1,970 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,684 Buhl residents head out of town to work, 286 work right here, and 737 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buhl.

1,684live here, work elsewhere

286live and work here

737work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buhl goes to work

Twin Falls15.4 mi away

31%607

Buhl (in town)right here

15%286

Boise City101.4 mi away

4%83

Jerome14.9 mi away

4%77

Gooding23.5 mi away

3%56

Filer8.1 mi away

2%46

Pocatello118.1 mi away

2%30

Burley49.4 mi away

1%26

Meridian108.4 mi away

1%26

Castleford7.8 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%710

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

How far

How far Buhl commutes

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

28%

48%

20%

28%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buhl is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buhl are

1,023 jobs are based in Buhl. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buhl’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Buhl

1,023 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Buhl residents hold

1,970 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−25%

Jobs based in Buhl, 2013 → 2023: 1,356 → 1,023. 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.