Work & commute · Mackay

Work & commute in Mackay, ID

About one in 5 of Mackay’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Challis (22%), Idaho Falls (6%) and Stanley (4%). Half commute less than 51 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

23 of 110 working residents

Typical commute

51 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 87 Mackay residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 273 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mackay.

87live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

273work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mackay goes to work

Challis51.1 mi away

22%24

Mackay (in town)right here

21%23

Idaho Falls84 mi away

6%7

Stanley68.8 mi away

4%4

Salmon88.3 mi away

4%4

Arco24.8 mi away

2%2

Ketchum41.1 mi away

2%2

Pocatello92.2 mi away

2%2

Meridian140.7 mi away

2%2

Los Angeles, CA730.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%39

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

How far

How far Mackay commutes

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

23%

10%

62%

23%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

62%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mackay is a job hub

2.69jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mackay are

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

Jobs based in Mackay

296 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Mackay residents hold

110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−8%

Jobs based in Mackay, 2013 → 2023: 322 → 296. 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.