Work & commute · Kamiah

Work & commute in Kamiah, ID

About one in 3 of Kamiah’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lewiston (7%), Orofino (6%) and Nezperce (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

109 of 346 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 237 Kamiah residents head out of town to work, 109 work right here, and 586 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kamiah.

237live here, work elsewhere

109live and work here

586work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kamiah goes to work

Kamiah (in town)right here

32%109

Lewiston47.5 mi away

7%24

Orofino20.8 mi away

6%20

Nezperce10.1 mi away

4%13

Lapwai39 mi away

3%11

Boise City181.9 mi away

3%10

Grangeville21.3 mi away

2%8

Kooskia6.4 mi away

2%6

Moscow57.8 mi away

1%5

Coeur d'Alene108.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%135

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

How far

How far Kamiah commutes

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

42%

22%

15%

21%

42%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kamiah is a job hub

2.01jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kamiah are

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

Jobs based in Kamiah

695 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Kamiah residents hold

346 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+16%

Jobs based in Kamiah, 2013 → 2023: 601 → 695. 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.