Work & commute · Murtaugh

Work & commute in Murtaugh, ID

Most working residents leave Murtaugh for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Twin Falls (28%), Pocatello (6%) and Idaho Falls (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 53 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 52 Murtaugh residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Murtaugh.

52live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

100work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Murtaugh goes to work

Twin Falls16 mi away

28%15

Pocatello90.3 mi away

6%3

Idaho Falls127.7 mi away

6%3

Shoshone33.1 mi away

4%2

Boise City129.5 mi away

4%2

West Wendover, NV121.1 mi away

4%2

Jackpot, NV43.7 mi away

4%2

Murtaugh (in town)right here

2%1

Acequia31.2 mi away

2%1

Fairfield67.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%21

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

How far

How far Murtaugh commutes

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

44%

19%

29%

8%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Murtaugh is a job hub

1.91jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Murtaugh are

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

Jobs based in Murtaugh

101 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Murtaugh residents hold

53 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+22%

Jobs based in Murtaugh, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 101. 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.