Work & commute · Rupert

Work & commute in Rupert, ID

Most working residents leave Rupert for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Burley (18%), Twin Falls (7%) and Heyburn (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

469 of 2,776 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 2,307 Rupert residents head out of town to work, 469 work right here, and 2,108 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rupert.

2,307live here, work elsewhere

469live and work here

2,108work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rupert goes to work

Burley8.2 mi away

18%510

Rupert (in town)right here

17%469

Twin Falls40.2 mi away

7%181

Heyburn6 mi away

4%103

Boise City145.7 mi away

4%100

Paul5.7 mi away

3%78

Acequia5.2 mi away

3%73

Jerome43.3 mi away

1%35

Pocatello63.9 mi away

1%30

Nampa160.4 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,170

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

How far

How far Rupert commutes

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

62%

12%

15%

62%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rupert is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rupert are

2,577 jobs are based in Rupert. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rupert’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rupert

2,577 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Rupert residents hold

2,776 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+32%

Jobs based in Rupert, 2013 → 2023: 1,950 → 2,577. 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.