Work & commute · Council

Work & commute in Council, ID

About one in 3 of Council’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are McCall (7%), Boise City (7%) and New Meadows (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

88 of 275 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 187 Council residents head out of town to work, 88 work right here, and 251 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Council.

187live here, work elsewhere

88live and work here

251work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Council goes to work

Council (in town)right here

32%88

McCall20 mi away

7%19

Boise City79.1 mi away

7%18

New Meadows18.1 mi away

6%16

Nampa79.5 mi away

3%8

Ontario, OR55.7 mi away

3%7

Pocatello236.3 mi away

2%5

Weiser42.2 mi away

1%4

Payette51.2 mi away

1%4

Meridian77.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%102

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

How far

How far Council commutes

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

39%

23%

35%

39%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Council is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Council are

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

Jobs based in Council

339 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Council residents hold

275 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+14%

Jobs based in Council, 2013 → 2023: 297 → 339. 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.