Work & commute · Smelterville

Work & commute in Smelterville, ID

Most working residents leave Smelterville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kellogg (28%), Wallace (8%) and Coeur d'Alene (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 281 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 279 Smelterville residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Smelterville.

279live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Smelterville goes to work

Kellogg2.2 mi away

28%80

Wallace12.8 mi away

8%22

Coeur d'Alene30.8 mi away

7%20

Osburn8.7 mi away

6%18

Pinehurst2.6 mi away

4%12

Post Falls37.8 mi away

4%10

Boise City272.6 mi away

3%8

Hayden32.9 mi away

2%7

Rathdrum37.5 mi away

2%5

Moscow68.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%95

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

How far

How far Smelterville commutes

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

51%

15%

20%

14%

51%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Smelterville is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.05 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Smelterville are

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

Jobs based in Smelterville

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Smelterville residents hold

281 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−85%

Jobs based in Smelterville, 2013 → 2023: 88 → 13. 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.