Work & commute · Weiser

Work & commute in Weiser, ID

About one in 3 of Weiser’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ontario (10%), Boise City (10%) and Nampa (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

653 of 2,110 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 1,457 Weiser residents head out of town to work, 653 work right here, and 1,164 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weiser.

1,457live here, work elsewhere

653live and work here

1,164work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weiser goes to work

Weiser (in town)right here

31%653

Ontario, OR15.9 mi away

10%211

Boise City58.4 mi away

10%208

Nampa50.4 mi away

5%95

Fruitland16.6 mi away

4%84

Meridian52.7 mi away

3%64

Payette12.3 mi away

2%51

Caldwell44.8 mi away

2%44

Twin Falls171.7 mi away

1%28

Eagle47.5 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%648

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

How far

How far Weiser commutes

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

41%

19%

11%

28%

41%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weiser 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 Weiser are

1,817 jobs are based in Weiser. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Weiser’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Weiser

1,817 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Weiser residents hold

2,110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+10%

Jobs based in Weiser, 2013 → 2023: 1,647 → 1,817. 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.