Work & commute · Fruitland

Work & commute in Fruitland, ID

Most working residents leave Fruitland for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Ontario (21%), Boise City (11%) and Nampa (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

475 of 2,682 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 2,207 Fruitland residents head out of town to work, 475 work right here, and 2,464 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fruitland.

2,207live here, work elsewhere

475live and work here

2,464work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fruitland goes to work

Ontario, OR2.9 mi away

21%550

Fruitland (in town)right here

18%475

Boise City44.9 mi away

11%298

Nampa34.7 mi away

5%123

Payette4.4 mi away

4%109

Meridian38.2 mi away

4%104

Caldwell28.8 mi away

3%89

Weiser16.6 mi away

2%51

New Plymouth6 mi away

1%36

Vale, OR16.1 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%815

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

How far

How far Fruitland commutes

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

52%

30%

52%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fruitland is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fruitland are

2,939 jobs are based in Fruitland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fruitland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fruitland

2,939 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Fruitland residents hold

2,682 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+99%

Jobs based in Fruitland, 2013 → 2023: 1,475 → 2,939. 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.