Work & commute · Mud Lake

Work & commute in Mud Lake, ID

Most working residents leave Mud Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Idaho Falls (28%), Rigby (9%) and Rexburg (4%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 113 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 113 Mud Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mud Lake.

113live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mud Lake goes to work

Idaho Falls33 mi away

28%32

Rigby30.6 mi away

9%10

Rexburg34.3 mi away

4%4

Ucon31.2 mi away

2%2

Sugar City36.3 mi away

2%2

Dubois25.9 mi away

2%2

Pocatello67.1 mi away

2%2

Boise City188.1 mi away

2%2

Lewisville25.4 mi away

1%1

Blackfoot45.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%55

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

How far

How far Mud Lake commutes

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

10%

68%

14%

8%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

68%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mud Lake is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mud Lake are

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

Jobs based in Mud Lake

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Mud Lake residents hold

113 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+31%

Jobs based in Mud Lake, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 38. 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.