Work & commute · Riggins

Work & commute in Riggins, ID

Most working residents leave Riggins for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are McCall (6%), New Meadows (4%) and Grangeville (4%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

24 of 126 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 102 Riggins residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 150 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riggins.

102live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

150work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riggins goes to work

Riggins (in town)right here

19%24

McCall36.8 mi away

6%8

New Meadows31.1 mi away

4%5

Grangeville36.2 mi away

4%5

Boise City126 mi away

4%5

Meridian125.1 mi away

3%4

Cottonwood43.6 mi away

2%2

Hayden163.8 mi away

2%2

Eagle119.3 mi away

2%2

Walla Walla, WA107.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%67

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

How far

How far Riggins commutes

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

40%

23%

35%

40%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riggins is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Riggins are

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

Jobs based in Riggins

174 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Riggins residents hold

126 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+4%

Jobs based in Riggins, 2013 → 2023: 168 → 174. 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.