Work & commute · Ucon

Work & commute in Ucon, ID

Most working residents leave Ucon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Idaho Falls (46%), Ammon (4%) and Rexburg (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 478 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 471 Ucon residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 404 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ucon.

471live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

404work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ucon goes to work

Idaho Falls8.1 mi away

46%218

Ammon8.1 mi away

4%20

Rexburg18 mi away

4%20

Boise City213.7 mi away

3%12

Rigby6 mi away

2%11

Lincoln5.2 mi away

2%8

Ucon (in town)right here

1%7

Ririe9.8 mi away

1%4

Pocatello55.9 mi away

1%4

Driggs43.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%171

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

How far

How far Ucon commutes

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

69%

14%

15%

69%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ucon is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ucon are

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

Jobs based in Ucon

411 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Ucon residents hold

478 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+76%

Jobs based in Ucon, 2013 → 2023: 233 → 411. 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.