Work & commute · Sun Valley

Work & commute in Sun Valley, ID

About one in 4 of Sun Valley’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ketchum (29%), Hailey (10%) and Boise City (6%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

124 of 504 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 380 Sun Valley residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 1,843 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sun Valley.

380live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

1,843work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sun Valley goes to work

Ketchum2 mi away

29%145

Sun Valley (in town)right here

25%124

Hailey12 mi away

10%52

Boise City95.1 mi away

6%28

Meridian103.4 mi away

2%11

Nampa111.7 mi away

2%10

Idaho Falls115.8 mi away

2%9

Pocatello109.6 mi away

1%7

Bellevue15.4 mi away

1%5

Spokane, WA313.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%110

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

How far

How far Sun Valley commutes

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

61%

11%

27%

61%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sun Valley is a job hub

3.90jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sun Valley are

1,967 jobs are based in Sun Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sun Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sun Valley

1,967 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Sun Valley residents hold

504 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+43%

Jobs based in Sun Valley, 2013 → 2023: 1,376 → 1,967. 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.