Work & commute · Hidden Springs

Work & commute in Hidden Springs, ID

Most working residents leave Hidden Springs for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Boise City (53%), Meridian (12%) and Eagle (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 1,510 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,454 Hidden Springs residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 353 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hidden Springs.

1,454live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

353work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hidden Springs goes to work

Boise City8.3 mi away

53%803

Meridian10.1 mi away

12%181

Eagle7.7 mi away

6%86

Nampa17.7 mi away

4%64

Garden City3.8 mi away

4%62

Hidden Springs (in town)right here

4%56

Caldwell20.6 mi away

2%28

Avimor3.6 mi away

1%21

Idaho Falls211.9 mi away

1%8

Star11.7 mi away

0%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

13%194

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

How far

How far Hidden Springs commutes

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

71%

23%

71%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hidden Springs is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hidden Springs are

409 jobs are based in Hidden Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hidden Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hidden Springs

409 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Hidden Springs residents hold

1,510 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+349%

Jobs based in Hidden Springs, 2013 → 2023: 91 → 409. 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.