Work & commute · Sweetwater

Work & commute in Sweetwater, ID

Most working residents leave Sweetwater for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Lewiston (20%), Lapwai (11%) and Moscow (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 44 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 44 Sweetwater residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sweetwater.

44live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sweetwater goes to work

Lewiston9.5 mi away

20%9

Lapwai2.5 mi away

11%5

Moscow26.8 mi away

7%3

Boise City193.3 mi away

7%3

Clarkston, WA12.5 mi away

5%2

Culdesac6.1 mi away

2%1

Peck19.2 mi away

2%1

Kendrick18.2 mi away

2%1

Plummer66.6 mi away

2%1

Orofino27.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%17

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

How far

How far Sweetwater commutes

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

40%

26%

14%

21%

40%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sweetwater is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sweetwater are

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

Jobs based in Sweetwater

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Sweetwater residents hold

44 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−53%

Jobs based in Sweetwater, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 16. 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.