Work & commute · Wilder

Work & commute in Wilder, ID

Most working residents leave Wilder for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Caldwell (17%), Boise City (14%) and Nampa (12%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 585 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 570 Wilder residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 235 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilder.

570live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

235work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilder goes to work

Caldwell12.6 mi away

17%98

Boise City34.2 mi away

14%83

Nampa18.3 mi away

12%72

Meridian25.8 mi away

8%46

Homedale4.5 mi away

4%25

Wilder (in town)right here

3%15

Garden City30.7 mi away

2%10

Payette27.8 mi away

2%9

Parma7.7 mi away

1%6

Middleton14.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%216

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

How far

How far Wilder commutes

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

26%

38%

29%

26%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilder is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilder are

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

Jobs based in Wilder

250 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Wilder residents hold

585 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+34%

Jobs based in Wilder, 2013 → 2023: 186 → 250. 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.