Work & commute · Murphy

Work & commute in Murphy, ID

Most working residents leave Murphy for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Caldwell (13%), Boise City (13%) and Mountain Home (6%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 31 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 30 Murphy residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 121 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Murphy.

30live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

121work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Murphy goes to work

Caldwell30.5 mi away

13%4

Boise City31 mi away

13%4

Mountain Home43.3 mi away

6%2

Meridian28.6 mi away

6%2

Grand View27.8 mi away

3%1

Cascade93.1 mi away

3%1

Rexburg242 mi away

3%1

Eagle34.1 mi away

3%1

Pocatello207.7 mi away

3%1

Murphy (in town)right here

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%13

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

How far

How far Murphy commutes

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

10%

68%

16%

6%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

68%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Murphy is a job hub

3.94jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Murphy are

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

Jobs based in Murphy

122 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Murphy residents hold

31 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+10%

Jobs based in Murphy, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 122. 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.