Work & commute · Shoshone

Work & commute in Shoshone, ID

Most working residents leave Shoshone for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Twin Falls (9%), Ketchum (9%) and Hailey (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

79 of 793 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 714 Shoshone residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 581 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shoshone.

714live here, work elsewhere

79live and work here

581work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shoshone goes to work

Shoshone (in town)right here

10%79

Twin Falls25.9 mi away

9%69

Ketchum51.7 mi away

9%68

Hailey40.1 mi away

7%53

Jerome16.2 mi away

5%36

Boise City102.8 mi away

4%29

Sun Valley51.7 mi away

4%28

Bellevue37.5 mi away

3%27

Richfield14.7 mi away

2%17

Dietrich7 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%372

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

How far

How far Shoshone commutes

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

24%

26%

24%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shoshone is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shoshone are

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

Jobs based in Shoshone

660 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Shoshone residents hold

793 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+9%

Jobs based in Shoshone, 2013 → 2023: 604 → 660. 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.