Work & commute · Cambridge

Work & commute in Cambridge, ID

Most working residents leave Cambridge for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Boise City (8%), Nampa (7%) and Midvale (6%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

18 of 130 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 112 Cambridge residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cambridge.

112live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

163work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cambridge goes to work

Cambridge (in town)right here

14%18

Boise City70.8 mi away

8%11

Nampa68.3 mi away

7%9

Midvale8.2 mi away

6%8

Weiser26.2 mi away

6%8

Caldwell64 mi away

5%6

Meridian67.7 mi away

5%6

Pocatello241 mi away

4%5

Payette36.1 mi away

2%3

New Meadows33.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%54

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

How far

How far Cambridge commutes

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

30%

16%

44%

30%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cambridge is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cambridge are

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

Jobs based in Cambridge

181 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Cambridge residents hold

130 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+56%

Jobs based in Cambridge, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 181. 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.