Work & commute · Orofino

Work & commute in Orofino, ID

42% of Orofino’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Lewiston (10%), Boise City (2%) and Coeur d'Alene (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

386 of 910 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 524 Orofino residents head out of town to work, 386 work right here, and 1,297 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orofino.

524live here, work elsewhere

386live and work here

1,297work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orofino goes to work

Orofino (in town)right here

42%386

Lewiston35.8 mi away

10%95

Boise City199.5 mi away

2%22

Coeur d'Alene87.9 mi away

2%20

Weippe16.7 mi away

2%16

Moscow39.3 mi away

2%16

Post Falls91.7 mi away

2%14

Pierce21.4 mi away

1%12

Grangeville39.1 mi away

1%10

Clarkston, WA38.2 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%309

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

How far

How far Orofino commutes

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

52%

20%

21%

52%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orofino is a job hub

1.85jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Orofino are

1,683 jobs are based in Orofino. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Orofino’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Orofino

1,683 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Orofino residents hold

910 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+17%

Jobs based in Orofino, 2013 → 2023: 1,437 → 1,683. 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.