Work & commute · Melba

Work & commute in Melba, ID

Most working residents leave Melba for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Boise City (23%), Nampa (17%) and Meridian (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 215 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 199 Melba residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 156 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Melba.

199live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

156work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Melba goes to work

Boise City21.6 mi away

23%49

Nampa14.8 mi away

17%36

Meridian17.7 mi away

9%20

Melba (in town)right here

7%16

Caldwell19.9 mi away

5%11

Kuna12.3 mi away

1%3

Garden City23.6 mi away

1%2

Mountain Home45.2 mi away

1%2

Coeur d'Alene299.4 mi away

1%2

Twin Falls118.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%72

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

How far

How far Melba commutes

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

20%

69%

20%Under 10 mi

69%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Melba is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Melba are

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

Jobs based in Melba

172 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Melba residents hold

215 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+157%

Jobs based in Melba, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 172. 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.