Work & commute · Garden

Work & commute in Garden, ID

Most working residents leave Garden for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Boise City (53%), Meridian (12%) and Nampa (6%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

386 of 4,803 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,417 Garden residents head out of town to work, 386 work right here, and 9,600 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garden.

4,417live here, work elsewhere

386live and work here

9,600work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garden goes to work

Boise City5.8 mi away

53%2,538

Meridian6.6 mi away

12%556

Garden City (in town)right here

8%386

Nampa14.6 mi away

6%273

Eagle6.2 mi away

4%201

Caldwell18.3 mi away

2%117

Idaho Falls213.5 mi away

1%33

Twin Falls119.9 mi away

1%32

Kuna11.3 mi away

1%25

Coeur d'Alene279.8 mi away

0%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

13%628

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

How far

How far Garden commutes

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

78%

13%

78%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garden is a job hub

2.08jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Garden are

9,986 jobs are based in Garden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Garden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Garden

9,986 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Garden residents hold

4,803 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+34%

Jobs based in Garden, 2013 → 2023: 7,425 → 9,986. 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.