Work & commute · Deary

Work & commute in Deary, ID

Most working residents leave Deary for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Moscow (26%), Troy (10%) and Pullman (10%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 186 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 172 Deary residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 233 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deary.

172live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

233work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Deary goes to work

Moscow21.5 mi away

26%49

Troy11.1 mi away

10%19

Pullman, WA29.3 mi away

10%18

Lewiston34.9 mi away

9%16

Deary (in town)right here

8%14

Boise City221.8 mi away

5%9

Orofino26.2 mi away

3%5

Coeur d'Alene63.3 mi away

3%5

Potlatch18.2 mi away

1%2

Caldwell218 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%47

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

How far

How far Deary commutes

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

12%

43%

26%

19%

12%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Deary is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Deary are

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

Jobs based in Deary

247 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Deary residents hold

186 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+15%

Jobs based in Deary, 2013 → 2023: 215 → 247. 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.