Work & commute · Moscow

Work & commute in Moscow, ID

49% of Moscow’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Pullman (18%), Lewiston (4%) and Boise City (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49%

4,915 of 10,004 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 5,089 Moscow residents head out of town to work, 4,915 work right here, and 6,144 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moscow.

5,089live here, work elsewhere

4,915live and work here

6,144work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moscow goes to work

Moscow (in town)right here

49%4,915

Pullman, WA8 mi away

18%1,816

Lewiston23.3 mi away

4%425

Boise City219.6 mi away

3%288

Coeur d'Alene67.9 mi away

2%185

Spokane, WA67.8 mi away

1%88

Spokane Valley, WA65.4 mi away

1%80

Meridian217.5 mi away

1%78

Post Falls68.8 mi away

1%72

Troy10.7 mi away

1%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%2,005

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

How far

How far Moscow commutes

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

71%

19%

71%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moscow 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 Moscow are

11,059 jobs are based in Moscow. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moscow’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Moscow

11,059 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Moscow residents hold

10,004 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+13%

Jobs based in Moscow, 2013 → 2023: 9,805 → 11,059. 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.