Work & commute · Clark Fork

Work & commute in Clark Fork, ID

Most working residents leave Clark Fork for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Sandpoint (20%), Ponderay (9%) and Coeur d'Alene (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

17 of 152 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 135 Clark Fork residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 165 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clark Fork.

135live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

165work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clark Fork goes to work

Sandpoint20.1 mi away

20%30

Clark Fork (in town)right here

11%17

Ponderay20 mi away

9%14

Coeur d'Alene42.1 mi away

3%4

Spokane, WA67.2 mi away

3%4

Hope9.7 mi away

2%3

Boise City314.3 mi away

2%3

East Hope8.1 mi away

1%2

Bonners Ferry38.3 mi away

1%2

Hayden39.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%71

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

How far

How far Clark Fork commutes

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

30%

39%

13%

18%

30%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clark Fork is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clark Fork are

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

Jobs based in Clark Fork

182 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Clark Fork residents hold

152 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+117%

Jobs based in Clark Fork, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 182. 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.