Work & commute · Post Falls

Work & commute in Post Falls, ID

About one in 5 of Post Falls’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Coeur d'Alene (26%), Spokane (9%) and Spokane Valley (8%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

3,757 of 17,312 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,555 Post Falls residents head out of town to work, 3,757 work right here, and 10,346 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Post Falls.

13,555live here, work elsewhere

3,757live and work here

10,346work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Post Falls goes to work

Coeur d'Alene7.1 mi away

26%4,542

Post Falls (in town)right here

22%3,757

Spokane, WA23.1 mi away

9%1,483

Spokane Valley, WA14.1 mi away

8%1,301

Hayden7.3 mi away

7%1,169

Boise City287.2 mi away

2%395

Liberty Lake, WA8.4 mi away

2%370

Rathdrum5.3 mi away

2%304

Dalton Gardens8.2 mi away

1%176

Sandpoint42.3 mi away

1%132

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%3,683

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

How far

How far Post Falls commutes

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

63%

19%

12%

63%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Post Falls is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Post Falls are

14,103 jobs are based in Post Falls. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Post Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Post Falls

14,103 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Post Falls residents hold

17,312 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+68%

Jobs based in Post Falls, 2013 → 2023: 8,391 → 14,103. 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.