Work & commute · Salmon

Work & commute in Salmon, ID

51% of Salmon’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Leadore (5%), Idaho Falls (4%) and Boise City (3%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51%

551 of 1,080 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 529 Salmon residents head out of town to work, 551 work right here, and 1,023 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salmon.

529live here, work elsewhere

551live and work here

1,023work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salmon goes to work

Salmon (in town)right here

51%551

Leadore43 mi away

5%59

Idaho Falls148.3 mi away

4%43

Boise City158.7 mi away

3%33

Pocatello174.3 mi away

1%11

Meridian164.2 mi away

1%10

Twin Falls182.5 mi away

1%9

Challis49 mi away

1%8

Burley182.3 mi away

1%7

Nampa171.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%343

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

How far

How far Salmon commutes

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

64%

26%

64%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salmon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Salmon are

1,574 jobs are based in Salmon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Salmon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Salmon

1,574 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Salmon residents hold

1,080 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+20%

Jobs based in Salmon, 2013 → 2023: 1,310 → 1,574. 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.