Work & commute · Wendell

Work & commute in Wendell, ID

Most working residents leave Wendell for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Twin Falls (15%), Jerome (9%) and Boise City (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

124 of 1,095 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 971 Wendell residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 756 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wendell.

971live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

756work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wendell goes to work

Twin Falls19.1 mi away

15%166

Wendell (in town)right here

11%124

Jerome10.3 mi away

9%103

Boise City95.7 mi away

5%52

Gooding11.2 mi away

4%42

Hagerman10.3 mi away

2%27

Nampa109.3 mi away

2%17

Burley49.1 mi away

1%16

Shoshone18.9 mi away

1%13

Idaho Falls143.3 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%522

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

How far

How far Wendell commutes

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

30%

44%

22%

30%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wendell is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wendell are

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

Jobs based in Wendell

880 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Wendell residents hold

1,095 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+17%

Jobs based in Wendell, 2013 → 2023: 750 → 880. 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.