Work & commute · Priest River

Work & commute in Priest River, ID

Most working residents leave Priest River for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Sandpoint (14%), Coeur d'Alene (6%) and Newport (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

58 of 560 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 502 Priest River residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 473 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Priest River.

502live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

473work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Priest River goes to work

Sandpoint17.3 mi away

14%81

Priest River (in town)right here

10%58

Coeur d'Alene33.6 mi away

6%32

Newport, WA6.9 mi away

6%32

Oldtown5.1 mi away

4%21

Spokane, WA43.3 mi away

4%20

Ponderay18.9 mi away

3%17

Boise City318.5 mi away

3%15

Spokane Valley, WA39.1 mi away

2%13

Post Falls31.7 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%261

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

How far

How far Priest River commutes

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

30%

28%

22%

19%

30%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Priest River is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Priest River are

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

Jobs based in Priest River

531 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Priest River residents hold

560 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−17%

Jobs based in Priest River, 2013 → 2023: 636 → 531. 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.