Work & commute · Gooding

Work & commute in Gooding, ID

About one in 4 of Gooding’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Twin Falls (11%), Boise City (4%) and Jerome (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

391 of 1,589 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,198 Gooding residents head out of town to work, 391 work right here, and 1,277 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gooding.

1,198live here, work elsewhere

391live and work here

1,277work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gooding goes to work

Gooding (in town)right here

25%391

Twin Falls28.8 mi away

11%177

Boise City89 mi away

4%69

Jerome18.2 mi away

4%63

Wendell11.2 mi away

3%49

Hailey44.9 mi away

3%43

Bliss11.9 mi away

2%27

Burley54.3 mi away

1%23

Shoshone15.8 mi away

1%22

Nampa103.3 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%704

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

How far

How far Gooding commutes

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

39%

21%

19%

21%

39%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gooding is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gooding are

1,668 jobs are based in Gooding. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gooding’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gooding

1,668 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Gooding residents hold

1,589 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+24%

Jobs based in Gooding, 2013 → 2023: 1,345 → 1,668. 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.