Work & commute · Lapwai

Work & commute in Lapwai, ID

About one in 3 of Lapwai’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lewiston (16%), Orofino (3%) and Moscow (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

98 of 341 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 243 Lapwai residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 557 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lapwai.

243live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

557work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lapwai goes to work

Lapwai (in town)right here

29%98

Lewiston9 mi away

16%54

Orofino26.8 mi away

3%9

Moscow24.4 mi away

2%7

Boise City195.9 mi away

2%6

West Clarkston-Highland, WA12.4 mi away

2%6

Clarkston Heights-Vineland, WA13.8 mi away

1%4

Culdesac6.7 mi away

1%3

Coeur d'Alene89.8 mi away

1%3

Meridian193.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%148

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

How far

How far Lapwai commutes

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

63%

16%

13%

63%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lapwai is a job hub

1.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lapwai are

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

Jobs based in Lapwai

655 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Lapwai residents hold

341 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−11%

Jobs based in Lapwai, 2013 → 2023: 733 → 655. 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.