Work & commute · Firth

Work & commute in Firth, ID

Most working residents leave Firth for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Idaho Falls (33%), Shelley (5%) and Pocatello (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 187 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 173 Firth residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 173 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Firth.

173live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

173work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Firth goes to work

Idaho Falls14.7 mi away

33%61

Firth (in town)right here

7%14

Shelley5.9 mi away

5%10

Pocatello33.2 mi away

4%8

Boise City204 mi away

4%7

Blackfoot11.3 mi away

3%6

Ammon16.2 mi away

3%5

Rexburg40.8 mi away

3%5

Basalt1.1 mi away

2%3

Coeur d'Alene376.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%65

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

How far

How far Firth commutes

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

19%

48%

11%

22%

19%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Firth is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Firth are

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

Jobs based in Firth

187 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Firth residents hold

187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+48%

Jobs based in Firth, 2013 → 2023: 126 → 187. 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.