Work & commute · Swan Valley

Work & commute in Swan Valley, ID

Most working residents leave Swan Valley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Idaho Falls (42%), Ammon (12%) and Rexburg (4%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 73 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 72 Swan Valley residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swan Valley.

72live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

70work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swan Valley goes to work

Idaho Falls35.8 mi away

42%31

Ammon31.9 mi away

12%9

Rexburg35.1 mi away

4%3

Shelley40.3 mi away

3%2

Pocatello69.6 mi away

3%2

Boise City246.1 mi away

3%2

Jackson, WY27.6 mi away

3%2

Firth44.2 mi away

1%1

Rigby33.5 mi away

1%1

Chubbuck67.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%19

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

How far

How far Swan Valley commutes

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

81%

16%

1%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

81%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swan Valley is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Swan Valley are

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

Jobs based in Swan Valley

71 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Swan Valley residents hold

73 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−21%

Jobs based in Swan Valley, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 71. 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.