Work & commute · Eagle

Work & commute in Eagle, ID

Most working residents leave Eagle for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Boise City (43%), Meridian (15%) and Nampa (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,707 of 12,579 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,872 Eagle residents head out of town to work, 1,707 work right here, and 10,719 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eagle.

10,872live here, work elsewhere

1,707live and work here

10,719work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eagle goes to work

Boise City11.3 mi away

43%5,377

Meridian5.9 mi away

15%1,881

Eagle (in town)right here

14%1,707

Nampa10.7 mi away

6%809

Garden City6.2 mi away

3%339

Caldwell12.8 mi away

2%287

Star4.1 mi away

1%125

Idaho Falls219.4 mi away

1%84

Kuna11.8 mi away

1%74

Twin Falls125.7 mi away

0%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

15%1,839

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

How far

How far Eagle commutes

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

64%

26%

64%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eagle is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eagle are

12,426 jobs are based in Eagle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eagle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eagle

12,426 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Eagle residents hold

12,579 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+146%

Jobs based in Eagle, 2013 → 2023: 5,047 → 12,426. 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.