Work & commute · Star

Work & commute in Star, ID

Most working residents leave Star for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Boise City (37%), Meridian (17%) and Nampa (10%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

358 of 5,656 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,298 Star residents head out of town to work, 358 work right here, and 1,544 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Star.

5,298live here, work elsewhere

358live and work here

1,544work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Star goes to work

Boise City14.9 mi away

37%2,093

Meridian7.8 mi away

17%944

Nampa8.8 mi away

10%544

Eagle4.1 mi away

7%375

Star (in town)right here

6%358

Caldwell9.2 mi away

4%233

Garden City10.2 mi away

3%159

Middleton6.1 mi away

1%45

Emmett11.5 mi away

1%41

Kuna13.1 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

15%833

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

How far

How far Star commutes

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

46%

46%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Star is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Star are

1,902 jobs are based in Star. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Star’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Star

1,902 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Star residents hold

5,656 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+224%

Jobs based in Star, 2013 → 2023: 587 → 1,902. 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.