Work & commute · Idaho Falls

Work & commute in Idaho Falls, ID

54% of Idaho Falls’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Ammon (6%), Pocatello (3%) and Boise City (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54%

15,790 of 29,001 working residents

Typical commute

3 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 13,211 Idaho Falls residents head out of town to work, 15,790 work right here, and 32,976 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Idaho Falls.

13,211live here, work elsewhere

15,790live and work here

32,976work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Idaho Falls goes to work

Idaho Falls (in town)right here

54%15,790

Ammon3.9 mi away

6%1,729

Pocatello47.8 mi away

3%864

Boise City210.3 mi away

3%800

Rexburg26.1 mi away

2%716

Blackfoot25.8 mi away

1%334

Twin Falls138.2 mi away

1%310

Rigby14.1 mi away

1%293

Shelley8.8 mi away

1%277

Meridian218.7 mi away

1%224

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%7,664

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

How far

How far Idaho Falls commutes

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

72%

14%

72%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Idaho Falls is a job hub

1.68jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Idaho Falls are

48,766 jobs are based in Idaho Falls. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Idaho Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Idaho Falls

48,766 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Idaho Falls residents hold

29,001 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+28%

Jobs based in Idaho Falls, 2013 → 2023: 38,109 → 48,766. 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.