Work & commute · Chubbuck

Work & commute in Chubbuck, ID

Most working residents leave Chubbuck for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Pocatello (47%), Idaho Falls (9%) and Boise City (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

936 of 6,605 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,669 Chubbuck residents head out of town to work, 936 work right here, and 4,303 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chubbuck.

5,669live here, work elsewhere

936live and work here

4,303work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chubbuck goes to work

Pocatello3.9 mi away

47%3,104

Chubbuck (in town)right here

14%936

Idaho Falls44.3 mi away

9%581

Boise City195.4 mi away

3%212

Blackfoot19.2 mi away

2%157

Rexburg70.4 mi away

1%81

Twin Falls104.7 mi away

1%74

Fort Hall6 mi away

1%74

Meridian203.9 mi away

1%58

American Falls22.4 mi away

1%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%1,281

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

How far

How far Chubbuck commutes

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

65%

12%

17%

65%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chubbuck is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chubbuck are

5,239 jobs are based in Chubbuck. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chubbuck’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chubbuck

5,239 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Chubbuck residents hold

6,605 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+27%

Jobs based in Chubbuck, 2013 → 2023: 4,131 → 5,239. 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.