Work & commute · Rathdrum

Work & commute in Rathdrum, ID

Most working residents leave Rathdrum for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Coeur d'Alene (25%), Post Falls (14%) and Hayden (9%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

398 of 4,581 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 4,183 Rathdrum residents head out of town to work, 398 work right here, and 2,057 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rathdrum.

4,183live here, work elsewhere

398live and work here

2,057work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rathdrum goes to work

Coeur d'Alene7.7 mi away

25%1,161

Post Falls5.3 mi away

14%622

Hayden4.6 mi away

9%425

Rathdrum (in town)right here

9%398

Spokane, WA26.6 mi away

7%316

Spokane Valley, WA18.2 mi away

6%285

Boise City291.7 mi away

2%108

Liberty Lake, WA13.1 mi away

1%66

Dalton Gardens7.2 mi away

1%57

Sandpoint37 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%1,100

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

How far

How far Rathdrum commutes

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

63%

14%

12%

11%

63%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rathdrum is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rathdrum are

2,455 jobs are based in Rathdrum. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rathdrum’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rathdrum

2,455 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Rathdrum residents hold

4,581 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+76%

Jobs based in Rathdrum, 2013 → 2023: 1,391 → 2,455. 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.