Work & commute · Coeur d'Alene

Work & commute in Coeur d'Alene, ID

44% of Coeur d'Alene’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Post Falls (10%), Hayden (8%) and Spokane (5%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

10,079 of 23,140 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,061 Coeur d'Alene residents head out of town to work, 10,079 work right here, and 21,936 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coeur d'Alene.

13,061live here, work elsewhere

10,079live and work here

21,936work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coeur d'Alene goes to work

Coeur d'Alene (in town)right here

44%10,079

Post Falls7.1 mi away

10%2,271

Hayden4.5 mi away

8%1,909

Spokane, WA29.8 mi away

5%1,265

Spokane Valley, WA20.5 mi away

4%993

Boise City284.9 mi away

2%571

Dalton Gardens2.5 mi away

1%285

Rathdrum7.7 mi away

1%280

Liberty Lake, WA14.5 mi away

1%224

Moscow67.9 mi away

1%211

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%5,052

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

How far

How far Coeur d'Alene commutes

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

67%

10%

13%

67%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coeur d'Alene is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Coeur d'Alene are

32,015 jobs are based in Coeur d'Alene. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coeur d'Alene’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Coeur d'Alene

32,015 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Coeur d'Alene residents hold

23,140 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+17%

Jobs based in Coeur d'Alene, 2013 → 2023: 27,373 → 32,015. 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.