Work & commute · Ponderay

Work & commute in Ponderay, ID

Most working residents leave Ponderay for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Sandpoint (36%), Coeur d'Alene (5%) and Post Falls (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

87 of 557 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 470 Ponderay residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 1,949 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ponderay.

470live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

1,949work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ponderay goes to work

Sandpoint1.9 mi away

36%198

Ponderay (in town)right here

16%87

Coeur d'Alene43.3 mi away

5%30

Post Falls44.2 mi away

3%17

Boise City325.5 mi away

3%15

Kootenai1 mi away

2%12

Hayden39 mi away

2%11

Spokane Valley, WA54.8 mi away

1%7

Moscow110.9 mi away

1%6

Spokane, WA60.5 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%169

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

How far

How far Ponderay commutes

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

65%

14%

16%

65%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ponderay is a job hub

3.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ponderay are

2,036 jobs are based in Ponderay. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ponderay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ponderay

2,036 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Ponderay residents hold

557 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+7%

Jobs based in Ponderay, 2013 → 2023: 1,911 → 2,036. 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.