Work & commute · Jerome

Work & commute in Jerome, ID

About one in 4 of Jerome’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Twin Falls (23%), Boise City (4%) and Wendell (1%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

1,255 of 5,227 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 3,972 Jerome residents head out of town to work, 1,255 work right here, and 3,850 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jerome.

3,972live here, work elsewhere

1,255live and work here

3,850work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jerome goes to work

Jerome (in town)right here

24%1,255

Twin Falls11 mi away

23%1,195

Boise City105.7 mi away

4%221

Wendell10.3 mi away

1%73

Pocatello104.7 mi away

1%73

Burley38.9 mi away

1%72

Nampa119.4 mi away

1%67

Gooding18.2 mi away

1%65

Meridian113.3 mi away

1%60

Shoshone16.2 mi away

1%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%2,107

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

How far

How far Jerome commutes

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

48%

28%

19%

48%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jerome is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jerome are

5,105 jobs are based in Jerome. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jerome’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jerome

5,105 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Jerome residents hold

5,227 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+23%

Jobs based in Jerome, 2013 → 2023: 4,137 → 5,105. 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.