Work & commute · Rigby

Work & commute in Rigby, ID

Most working residents leave Rigby for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Idaho Falls (27%), Rexburg (11%) and Ammon (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

250 of 2,098 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,848 Rigby residents head out of town to work, 250 work right here, and 2,188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rigby.

1,848live here, work elsewhere

250live and work here

2,188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rigby goes to work

Idaho Falls14.1 mi away

27%568

Rigby (in town)right here

12%250

Rexburg12 mi away

11%230

Ammon13.9 mi away

3%72

Boise City216 mi away

3%68

Pocatello61.9 mi away

3%65

Meridian224.4 mi away

1%25

Blackfoot39.7 mi away

1%14

Menan5.2 mi away

1%13

Coeur d'Alene364.6 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%780

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

How far

How far Rigby commutes

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

27%

52%

18%

27%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rigby is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rigby are

2,438 jobs are based in Rigby. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rigby’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rigby

2,438 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Rigby residents hold

2,098 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+44%

Jobs based in Rigby, 2013 → 2023: 1,688 → 2,438. 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.