Work & commute · Inkom

Work & commute in Inkom, ID

Most working residents leave Inkom for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Pocatello (46%), Idaho Falls (10%) and Chubbuck (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 299 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 298 Inkom residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Inkom.

298live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

42work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Inkom goes to work

Pocatello11.7 mi away

46%138

Idaho Falls49.1 mi away

10%31

Chubbuck13.7 mi away

5%14

Boise City207.8 mi away

4%13

McCammon10.8 mi away

3%8

Blackfoot27.8 mi away

3%8

Ammon49.2 mi away

1%4

Lava Hot Springs17.4 mi away

1%3

Soda Springs35.1 mi away

1%3

Twin Falls113.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%74

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

How far

How far Inkom commutes

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

51%

18%

22%

9%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Inkom is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Inkom are

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

Jobs based in Inkom

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less47%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Inkom residents hold

299 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+30%

Jobs based in Inkom, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 43. 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.