Work & commute · Preston

Work & commute in Preston, ID

About one in 3 of Preston’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Logan (11%), North Logan (3%) and Boise City (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

687 of 2,322 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,635 Preston residents head out of town to work, 687 work right here, and 1,671 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Preston.

1,635live here, work elsewhere

687live and work here

1,671work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Preston goes to work

Preston (in town)right here

30%687

Logan, UT24.9 mi away

11%260

North Logan, UT22.7 mi away

3%71

Boise City243.5 mi away

3%65

Dayton5.4 mi away

3%64

Lewiston, UT9.1 mi away

3%64

Smithfield, UT18.4 mi away

3%62

Pocatello61 mi away

2%51

Franklin7.6 mi away

2%48

Richmond, UT12.7 mi away

2%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%910

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

How far

How far Preston commutes

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

48%

22%

48%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Preston is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Preston are

2,358 jobs are based in Preston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Preston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Preston

2,358 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Preston residents hold

2,322 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+23%

Jobs based in Preston, 2013 → 2023: 1,911 → 2,358. 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.