Work & commute · Carey

Work & commute in Carey, ID

Most working residents leave Carey for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Hailey (22%), Ketchum (15%) and Bellevue (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

38 of 361 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 323 Carey residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carey.

323live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

116work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carey goes to work

Hailey22.7 mi away

22%81

Ketchum33.7 mi away

15%55

Carey (in town)right here

11%38

Bellevue19.2 mi away

6%20

Boise City116.6 mi away

4%13

Sun Valley32.4 mi away

3%11

Twin Falls58 mi away

2%9

Gannett11.7 mi away

2%8

Pocatello80.6 mi away

1%5

Meridian125.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%116

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

How far

How far Carey commutes

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

17%

36%

27%

20%

17%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carey is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carey are

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

Jobs based in Carey

154 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Carey residents hold

361 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+57%

Jobs based in Carey, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 154. 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.