Work & commute · Hope

Work & commute in Hope, ID

Most working residents leave Hope for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Sandpoint (20%), Clark Fork (12%) and Osburn (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 25 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 24 Hope residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hope.

24live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hope goes to work

Sandpoint11.8 mi away

20%5

Clark Fork9.7 mi away

12%3

Hope (in town)right here

4%1

Osburn53.8 mi away

4%1

Ponderay11.1 mi away

4%1

Coeur d'Alene44.4 mi away

4%1

Meridian321 mi away

4%1

Princeton, IL1390.1 mi away

4%1

Pullman, WA112.7 mi away

4%1

Spokane Valley, WA59.3 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%9

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

How far

How far Hope commutes

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

33%

29%

13%

25%

33%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hope is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hope are

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

Jobs based in Hope

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less67%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Hope residents hold

25 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+275%

Jobs based in Hope, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 15. 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.