Work & commute · Cottonwood

Work & commute in Cottonwood, ID

About one in 3 of Cottonwood’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Grangeville (10%), Lewiston (5%) and Kooskia (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

85 of 272 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 187 Cottonwood residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 497 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cottonwood.

187live here, work elsewhere

85live and work here

497work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cottonwood goes to work

Cottonwood (in town)right here

31%85

Grangeville13.9 mi away

10%27

Lewiston38.8 mi away

5%13

Kooskia19.1 mi away

2%5

Nezperce13.9 mi away

2%5

Boise City169.6 mi away

1%4

Winchester18.6 mi away

1%3

Kamiah19.6 mi away

1%3

Orofino30.3 mi away

1%3

Coeur d'Alene116.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%121

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

How far

How far Cottonwood commutes

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

45%

29%

16%

45%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cottonwood is a job hub

2.14jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cottonwood are

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

Jobs based in Cottonwood

582 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Cottonwood residents hold

272 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+4%

Jobs based in Cottonwood, 2013 → 2023: 561 → 582. 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.