Work & commute · Glenns Ferry

Work & commute in Glenns Ferry, ID

About one in 4 of Glenns Ferry’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Boise City (14%), Mountain Home (9%) and Twin Falls (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

141 of 514 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 373 Glenns Ferry residents head out of town to work, 141 work right here, and 309 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glenns Ferry.

373live here, work elsewhere

141live and work here

309work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glenns Ferry goes to work

Glenns Ferry (in town)right here

27%141

Boise City64.5 mi away

14%70

Mountain Home23.3 mi away

9%45

Twin Falls50.6 mi away

4%22

Meridian71.5 mi away

4%22

Nampa77 mi away

4%21

Hammett8 mi away

2%9

Caldwell83.2 mi away

1%7

Jerome43.2 mi away

1%6

Acequia88.9 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%166

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

How far

How far Glenns Ferry commutes

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

35%

10%

15%

39%

35%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glenns Ferry is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Glenns Ferry are

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

Jobs based in Glenns Ferry

450 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Glenns Ferry residents hold

514 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+13%

Jobs based in Glenns Ferry, 2013 → 2023: 399 → 450. 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.