Work & commute · Payette

Work & commute in Payette, ID

Most working residents leave Payette for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Ontario (20%), Boise City (11%) and Fruitland (9%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

486 of 3,373 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 2,887 Payette residents head out of town to work, 486 work right here, and 1,293 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Payette.

2,887live here, work elsewhere

486live and work here

1,293work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Payette goes to work

Ontario, OR4.5 mi away

20%690

Payette (in town)right here

14%486

Boise City48.1 mi away

11%366

Fruitland4.4 mi away

9%293

Nampa38.6 mi away

6%192

Meridian41.7 mi away

4%140

Caldwell32.8 mi away

4%123

Weiser12.3 mi away

3%86

Twin Falls162.3 mi away

1%38

Emmett26.1 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%927

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

How far

How far Payette commutes

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

51%

32%

11%

51%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Payette is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.53 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Payette are

1,779 jobs are based in Payette. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Payette’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Payette

1,779 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Payette residents hold

3,373 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+14%

Jobs based in Payette, 2013 → 2023: 1,559 → 1,779. 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.