Work & commute · Pierce

Work & commute in Pierce, ID

Most working residents leave Pierce for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Orofino (29%), Lewiston (9%) and Kamiah (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 149 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 143 Pierce residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pierce.

143live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

101work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pierce goes to work

Orofino21.4 mi away

29%43

Lewiston57.2 mi away

9%14

Kamiah21.6 mi away

5%8

Pierce (in town)right here

4%6

Weippe10.5 mi away

3%5

Boise City201.4 mi away

3%4

Idaho Falls277.6 mi away

2%3

Moscow59 mi away

1%2

Coeur d'Alene95.5 mi away

1%2

Meridian201.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%60

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

How far

How far Pierce commutes

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

12%

52%

33%

12%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pierce is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pierce are

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

Jobs based in Pierce

107 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Pierce residents hold

149 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+88%

Jobs based in Pierce, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 107. 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.