Work & commute · East Hope

Work & commute in East Hope, ID

Most working residents leave East Hope for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Sandpoint (21%), Clark Fork (10%) and Coeur d'Alene (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 72 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 70 East Hope residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Hope.

70live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Hope goes to work

Sandpoint13 mi away

21%15

Clark Fork8.1 mi away

10%7

Coeur d'Alene43.9 mi away

8%6

Boise City320.6 mi away

6%4

Ponderay12.5 mi away

4%3

East Hope (in town)right here

3%2

Pullman, WA111.9 mi away

3%2

Tacoma, WA294.8 mi away

3%2

Kootenai11.8 mi away

1%1

Osburn52.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%29

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

How far

How far East Hope commutes

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

29%

35%

14%

22%

29%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Hope is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.43 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in East Hope are

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

Jobs based in East Hope

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month16%

Jobs East Hope residents hold

72 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−44%

Jobs based in East Hope, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 31. 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.