Work & commute · Kootenai

Work & commute in Kootenai, ID

Most working residents leave Kootenai for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Sandpoint (35%), Ponderay (12%) and Coeur d'Alene (4%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 386 working residents

Typical commute

4 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 378 Kootenai residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 323 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kootenai.

378live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

323work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kootenai goes to work

Sandpoint2.9 mi away

35%136

Ponderay1 mi away

12%48

Coeur d'Alene44 mi away

4%17

Boise City326 mi away

4%15

Kootenai (in town)right here

2%8

Spokane Valley, WA55.7 mi away

2%8

Hayden39.8 mi away

2%7

Post Falls45.1 mi away

2%7

Meridian324.8 mi away

2%6

Bonners Ferry27.9 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%129

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

How far

How far Kootenai commutes

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

61%

15%

18%

61%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kootenai is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kootenai are

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

Jobs based in Kootenai

331 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Kootenai residents hold

386 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−47%

Jobs based in Kootenai, 2013 → 2023: 622 → 331. 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.