Work & commute · Hailey

Work & commute in Hailey, ID

About one in 3 of Hailey’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ketchum (23%), Sun Valley (12%) and Bellevue (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

1,285 of 4,257 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 2,972 Hailey residents head out of town to work, 1,285 work right here, and 2,689 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hailey.

2,972live here, work elsewhere

1,285live and work here

2,689work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hailey goes to work

Hailey (in town)right here

30%1,285

Ketchum12.4 mi away

23%990

Sun Valley12 mi away

12%491

Bellevue3.7 mi away

5%214

Boise City96.9 mi away

4%157

Twin Falls66 mi away

2%81

Idaho Falls113.5 mi away

1%54

Meridian105.4 mi away

1%46

Nampa113.5 mi away

1%38

Pocatello102.6 mi away

0%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%880

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

How far

How far Hailey commutes

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

44%

37%

18%

44%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hailey is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hailey are

3,974 jobs are based in Hailey. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hailey’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hailey

3,974 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Hailey residents hold

4,257 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+28%

Jobs based in Hailey, 2013 → 2023: 3,103 → 3,974. 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.