Work & commute · Island Park

Work & commute in Island Park, ID

Most working residents leave Island Park for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Idaho Falls (12%), St. Anthony (10%) and Rexburg (10%). Half commute less than 60 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

9 of 59 working residents

Typical commute

60 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 50 Island Park residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 236 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Island Park.

50live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

236work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Island Park goes to work

Island Park (in town)right here

15%9

Idaho Falls80.1 mi away

12%7

St. Anthony42.8 mi away

10%6

Rexburg54 mi away

10%6

West Yellowstone, MT14.4 mi away

5%3

Ashton32.3 mi away

3%2

Blackfoot105.4 mi away

3%2

Destin, FL1666.3 mi away

2%1

Teton47.6 mi away

2%1

Salmon132.8 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%21

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

How far

How far Island Park commutes

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

16%

21%

57%

7%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

57%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Island Park is a job hub

4.15jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Island Park are

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

Jobs based in Island Park

245 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Island Park residents hold

59 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+76%

Jobs based in Island Park, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 245. 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.