Work & commute · Montpelier

Work & commute in Montpelier, ID

About one in 3 of Montpelier’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Soda Springs (6%), Paris (5%) and Pocatello (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

405 of 1,037 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 632 Montpelier residents head out of town to work, 405 work right here, and 574 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montpelier.

632live here, work elsewhere

405live and work here

574work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montpelier goes to work

Montpelier (in town)right here

39%405

Soda Springs27.3 mi away

6%66

Paris8.6 mi away

5%49

Pocatello70.1 mi away

4%41

Garden City, UT27.5 mi away

3%33

Boise City264.4 mi away

2%25

Idaho Falls88.6 mi away

1%15

Rigby98.2 mi away

1%12

Rexburg106.4 mi away

1%11

Logan, UT49.1 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%370

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

How far

How far Montpelier commutes

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

49%

20%

28%

49%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montpelier is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Montpelier are

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

Jobs based in Montpelier

979 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Montpelier residents hold

1,037 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+2%

Jobs based in Montpelier, 2013 → 2023: 956 → 979. 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.