Work & commute · Wallace

Work & commute in Wallace, ID

Most working residents leave Wallace for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Osburn (15%), Kellogg (14%) and Coeur d'Alene (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

39 of 244 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 205 Wallace residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 576 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wallace.

205live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

576work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wallace goes to work

Wallace (in town)right here

16%39

Osburn4.3 mi away

15%36

Kellogg10.7 mi away

14%33

Coeur d'Alene43.7 mi away

7%17

Boise City268.2 mi away

3%8

Hayden45.7 mi away

3%7

Silverton2.3 mi away

3%7

Post Falls50.7 mi away

2%5

Mullan5.9 mi away

2%4

Spokane, WA71.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%84

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

How far

How far Wallace commutes

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

48%

16%

14%

23%

48%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wallace is a job hub

2.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wallace are

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

Jobs based in Wallace

615 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Wallace residents hold

244 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−28%

Jobs based in Wallace, 2013 → 2023: 852 → 615. 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.