Work & commute · Plummer

Work & commute in Plummer, ID

Most working residents leave Plummer for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are St. Maries (20%), Coeur d'Alene (8%) and Boise City (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

54 of 351 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 297 Plummer residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 584 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plummer.

297live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

584work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plummer goes to work

St. Maries14.7 mi away

20%70

Plummer (in town)right here

15%54

Coeur d'Alene26.1 mi away

8%27

Boise City259.8 mi away

3%9

Spokane Valley, WA28.2 mi away

2%6

Lewiston64.9 mi away

1%5

Post Falls27.5 mi away

1%5

Moscow41.8 mi away

1%4

Hayden30.5 mi away

1%4

Pullman, WA43.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%163

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

How far

How far Plummer commutes

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

31%

36%

18%

15%

31%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plummer is a job hub

1.82jobs 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 Plummer are

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

Jobs based in Plummer

638 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Plummer residents hold

351 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−25%

Jobs based in Plummer, 2013 → 2023: 847 → 638. 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.