Work & commute · Caldwell

Work & commute in Caldwell, ID

Most working residents leave Caldwell for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Boise City (24%), Nampa (21%) and Meridian (12%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

5,206 of 28,543 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,337 Caldwell residents head out of town to work, 5,206 work right here, and 14,253 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Caldwell.

23,337live here, work elsewhere

5,206live and work here

14,253work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Caldwell goes to work

Boise City21.6 mi away

24%6,934

Nampa6.3 mi away

21%6,047

Caldwell (in town)right here

18%5,206

Meridian13.2 mi away

12%3,418

Eagle12.8 mi away

2%606

Garden City18.3 mi away

2%460

Middleton5 mi away

1%257

Kuna15.3 mi away

1%192

Idaho Falls231.7 mi away

0%141

Twin Falls133.7 mi away

0%139

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%5,143

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

How far

How far Caldwell commutes

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

45%

44%

45%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Caldwell is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Caldwell are

19,459 jobs are based in Caldwell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Caldwell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Caldwell

19,459 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Caldwell residents hold

28,543 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 month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+47%

Jobs based in Caldwell, 2013 → 2023: 13,222 → 19,459. 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.