Work & commute · Lewiston

Work & commute in Lewiston, ID

56% of Lewiston’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Clarkston (7%), Moscow (3%) and Boise City (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56%

8,764 of 15,621 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,857 Lewiston residents head out of town to work, 8,764 work right here, and 8,548 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lewiston.

6,857live here, work elsewhere

8,764live and work here

8,548work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lewiston goes to work

Lewiston (in town)right here

56%8,764

Clarkston, WA3.1 mi away

7%1,135

Moscow23.3 mi away

3%479

Boise City196.7 mi away

2%372

Pullman, WA24.9 mi away

2%328

Coeur d'Alene91 mi away

2%327

West Clarkston-Highland, WA3.4 mi away

1%231

Lapwai9 mi away

1%138

Spokane, WA90.4 mi away

1%127

Clarkston Heights-Vineland, WA4.8 mi away

1%123

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%3,597

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

How far

How far Lewiston commutes

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

75%

16%

75%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lewiston is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lewiston are

17,312 jobs are based in Lewiston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lewiston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lewiston

17,312 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Lewiston residents hold

15,621 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−4%

Jobs based in Lewiston, 2013 → 2023: 18,020 → 17,312. 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.