Work & commute · Challis

Work & commute in Challis, ID

Most working residents leave Challis for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Mackay (14%), Idaho Falls (9%) and Stanley (3%). Half commute less than 50 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

47 of 257 working residents

Typical commute

50 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 210 Challis residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 367 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Challis.

210live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

367work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Challis goes to work

Challis (in town)right here

18%47

Mackay51.1 mi away

14%37

Idaho Falls129.6 mi away

9%24

Stanley40.3 mi away

3%8

Boise City117.6 mi away

3%8

Clayton18.7 mi away

2%6

Arco75.9 mi away

2%5

Hailey68.7 mi away

2%4

Eagle121.9 mi away

2%4

Salmon49 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%111

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

How far

How far Challis commutes

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

30%

10%

53%

30%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

53%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Challis is a job hub

1.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Challis are

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

Jobs based in Challis

414 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Challis residents hold

257 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+32%

Jobs based in Challis, 2013 → 2023: 314 → 414. 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.