Work & commute · Fort Hall

Work & commute in Fort Hall, ID

About one in 3 of Fort Hall’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Pocatello (18%), Chubbuck (5%) and Idaho Falls (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

450 of 1,164 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 714 Fort Hall residents head out of town to work, 450 work right here, and 797 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Hall.

714live here, work elsewhere

450live and work here

797work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Hall goes to work

Fort Hall (in town)right here

39%450

Pocatello9.9 mi away

18%205

Chubbuck6 mi away

5%59

Idaho Falls39.1 mi away

5%54

Blackfoot13.6 mi away

4%50

Boise City194 mi away

3%33

Rexburg65.1 mi away

1%12

Meridian202.4 mi away

1%12

Twin Falls106.2 mi away

1%9

Logan, UT93.5 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%272

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

How far

How far Fort Hall commutes

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

65%

11%

16%

65%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Hall is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Hall are

1,247 jobs are based in Fort Hall. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Hall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Hall

1,247 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Fort Hall residents hold

1,164 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+28%

Jobs based in Fort Hall, 2013 → 2023: 972 → 1,247. 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.