Work & commute · Sandpoint

Work & commute in Sandpoint, ID

44% of Sandpoint’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Ponderay (9%), Coeur d'Alene (5%) and Boise City (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

1,560 of 3,569 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,009 Sandpoint residents head out of town to work, 1,560 work right here, and 5,323 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sandpoint.

2,009live here, work elsewhere

1,560live and work here

5,323work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sandpoint goes to work

Sandpoint (in town)right here

44%1,560

Ponderay1.9 mi away

9%338

Coeur d'Alene41.5 mi away

5%161

Boise City324 mi away

2%77

Spokane, WA58.6 mi away

2%69

Kootenai2.9 mi away

2%59

Post Falls42.3 mi away

1%52

Hayden37.2 mi away

1%49

Spokane Valley, WA52.9 mi away

1%36

Moscow109.1 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%1,138

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

How far

How far Sandpoint commutes

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

69%

11%

16%

69%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sandpoint is a job hub

1.93jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sandpoint are

6,883 jobs are based in Sandpoint. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sandpoint’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sandpoint

6,883 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Sandpoint residents hold

3,569 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+21%

Jobs based in Sandpoint, 2013 → 2023: 5,678 → 6,883. 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.