Work & commute · Nampa

Work & commute in Nampa, ID

About one in 3 of Nampa’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Boise City (29%), Meridian (14%) and Caldwell (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

13,669 of 47,832 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 34,163 Nampa residents head out of town to work, 13,669 work right here, and 33,905 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nampa.

34,163live here, work elsewhere

13,669live and work here

33,905work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nampa goes to work

Nampa (in town)right here

29%13,669

Boise City16.6 mi away

29%13,666

Meridian8.3 mi away

14%6,511

Caldwell6.3 mi away

7%3,239

Eagle10.7 mi away

2%901

Garden City14.6 mi away

2%859

Kuna9.1 mi away

1%542

Idaho Falls226.9 mi away

1%246

Twin Falls127.5 mi away

0%227

Ontario, OR36.7 mi away

0%184

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%7,788

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

How far

How far Nampa commutes

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

46%

45%

46%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nampa is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Nampa are

47,574 jobs are based in Nampa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nampa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Nampa

47,574 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Nampa residents hold

47,832 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+70%

Jobs based in Nampa, 2013 → 2023: 28,001 → 47,574. 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.