Work & commute · Garden Valley

Work & commute in Garden Valley, ID

Most working residents leave Garden Valley for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Boise City (22%), Crouch (9%) and Nampa (5%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

16 of 150 working residents

Typical commute

34 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 134 Garden Valley residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garden Valley.

134live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

91work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garden Valley goes to work

Boise City36.3 mi away

22%33

Garden Valley (in town)right here

11%16

Crouch2.1 mi away

9%13

Nampa45.7 mi away

5%8

Meridian39.4 mi away

5%8

Idaho City19 mi away

3%4

Horseshoe Bend16.7 mi away

3%4

Eagle35.1 mi away

3%4

Placerville9.9 mi away

2%3

Ketchum83.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%55

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

How far

How far Garden Valley commutes

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

34%

12%

40%

14%

34%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garden Valley is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Garden Valley are

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

Jobs based in Garden Valley

107 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Garden Valley residents hold

150 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+529%

Jobs based in Garden Valley, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 107. 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.