Work & commute · Midvale

Work & commute in Midvale, ID

Most working residents leave Midvale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cambridge (16%), Weiser (12%) and Boise City (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 67 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 66 Midvale residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Midvale.

66live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

55work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Midvale goes to work

Cambridge8.2 mi away

16%11

Weiser18.2 mi away

12%8

Boise City64.8 mi away

9%6

Council24 mi away

7%5

Twin Falls173.9 mi away

4%3

Nampa61.1 mi away

4%3

Ontario, OR32.4 mi away

4%3

Payette28 mi away

3%2

New Meadows41.7 mi away

1%1

Montpelier310.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%24

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

How far

How far Midvale commutes

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

29%

32%

30%

29%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Midvale is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Midvale are

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

Jobs based in Midvale

56 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Midvale residents hold

67 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+51%

Jobs based in Midvale, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 56. 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.