Work & commute · Potlatch

Work & commute in Potlatch, ID

Most working residents leave Potlatch for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Moscow (22%), Pullman (20%) and Lewiston (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 302 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 278 Potlatch residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 159 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Potlatch.

278live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

159work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Potlatch goes to work

Moscow14.1 mi away

22%65

Pullman, WA18.3 mi away

20%60

Potlatch (in town)right here

8%24

Lewiston36.9 mi away

7%21

Boise City232 mi away

2%6

Coeur d'Alene54.1 mi away

1%4

Spokane Valley, WA53.5 mi away

1%4

Colfax, WA20.3 mi away

1%3

Princeton3.4 mi away

1%3

St. Maries31.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%110

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

How far

How far Potlatch commutes

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

26%

47%

11%

16%

26%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Potlatch is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Potlatch are

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

Jobs based in Potlatch

183 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Potlatch residents hold

302 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+36%

Jobs based in Potlatch, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 183. 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.