Work & commute · Emmett

Work & commute in Emmett, ID

Most working residents leave Emmett for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Boise City (24%), Meridian (10%) and Nampa (10%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

584 of 3,379 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 2,795 Emmett residents head out of town to work, 584 work right here, and 2,021 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Emmett.

2,795live here, work elsewhere

584live and work here

2,021work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Emmett goes to work

Boise City22.8 mi away

24%815

Emmett (in town)right here

17%584

Meridian18.4 mi away

10%333

Nampa19.9 mi away

10%322

Caldwell17.5 mi away

4%129

Eagle12.6 mi away

3%97

Garden City17 mi away

2%72

Twin Falls136.3 mi away

1%40

Fruitland23.6 mi away

1%38

Ontario, OR26.4 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%912

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

How far

How far Emmett commutes

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

26%

58%

26%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Emmett is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Emmett are

2,605 jobs are based in Emmett. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Emmett’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Emmett

2,605 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Emmett residents hold

3,379 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+48%

Jobs based in Emmett, 2013 → 2023: 1,757 → 2,605. 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.