Work & commute · Pocatello

Work & commute in Pocatello, ID

52% of Pocatello’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Chubbuck (9%), Idaho Falls (8%) and Boise City (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52%

12,334 of 23,601 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,267 Pocatello residents head out of town to work, 12,334 work right here, and 13,097 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pocatello.

11,267live here, work elsewhere

12,334live and work here

13,097work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pocatello goes to work

Pocatello (in town)right here

52%12,334

Chubbuck3.9 mi away

9%2,084

Idaho Falls47.8 mi away

8%1,965

Boise City196.3 mi away

3%647

Blackfoot23 mi away

2%476

Rexburg73.9 mi away

1%272

Ammon48.8 mi away

1%226

Twin Falls103.7 mi away

1%221

Meridian204.7 mi away

1%215

Fort Hall9.9 mi away

1%189

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%4,972

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

How far

How far Pocatello commutes

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

65%

12%

18%

65%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pocatello is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pocatello are

25,431 jobs are based in Pocatello. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pocatello’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pocatello

25,431 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Pocatello residents hold

23,601 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+10%

Jobs based in Pocatello, 2013 → 2023: 23,215 → 25,431. 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.