Work & commute · Oldtown

Work & commute in Oldtown, ID

Most working residents leave Oldtown for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Sandpoint (11%), Coeur d'Alene (9%) and Newport (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 87 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 83 Oldtown residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 241 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oldtown.

83live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

241work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oldtown goes to work

Sandpoint22.1 mi away

11%10

Coeur d'Alene34.7 mi away

9%8

Newport, WA1.7 mi away

8%7

Priest River5.1 mi away

7%6

Spokane, WA40.5 mi away

6%5

Oldtown (in town)right here

5%4

Spokane Valley, WA37.2 mi away

5%4

Post Falls31.8 mi away

3%3

Dalton Gardens33.1 mi away

2%2

Boise City319 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%36

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

How far

How far Oldtown commutes

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

33%

21%

35%

11%

33%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oldtown is a job hub

2.82jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oldtown are

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

Jobs based in Oldtown

245 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities66%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Oldtown residents hold

87 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−1%

Jobs based in Oldtown, 2013 → 2023: 247 → 245. 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.