Work & commute · Mountain Home

Work & commute in Mountain Home, ID

About one in 3 of Mountain Home’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Boise City (24%), Meridian (6%) and Nampa (4%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

1,725 of 5,908 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 4,183 Mountain Home residents head out of town to work, 1,725 work right here, and 2,287 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mountain Home.

4,183live here, work elsewhere

1,725live and work here

2,287work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mountain Home goes to work

Mountain Home (in town)right here

29%1,725

Boise City41.9 mi away

24%1,435

Meridian48.4 mi away

6%370

Nampa53.7 mi away

4%256

Caldwell60 mi away

3%159

Twin Falls73.9 mi away

2%143

Mountain Home AFB10.2 mi away

1%86

Eagle53 mi away

1%81

Garden City47.7 mi away

1%67

Kuna44.7 mi away

1%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%1,531

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

How far

How far Mountain Home commutes

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

35%

36%

24%

35%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mountain Home is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mountain Home are

4,012 jobs are based in Mountain Home. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mountain Home’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mountain Home

4,012 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Mountain Home residents hold

5,908 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+18%

Jobs based in Mountain Home, 2013 → 2023: 3,411 → 4,012. 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.