Work & commute · Boise

Work & commute in Boise, OK

Most working residents leave Boise for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (22%), Guymon (10%) and Amarillo (7%). Half commute less than 200 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 182 working residents

Typical commute

200 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

6 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 182 Boise residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 399 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boise.

182live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

399work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boise goes to work

Oklahoma City292.2 mi away

22%40

Guymon57.3 mi away

10%18

Amarillo, TX112.4 mi away

7%13

Stillwater304.9 mi away

3%6

Tulsa369.6 mi away

3%5

Enid258.4 mi away

2%4

Wichita, KS291.6 mi away

2%3

Woodward173.6 mi away

2%3

Clarendon, TX153.6 mi away

2%3

Hugoton, KS71.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%85

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

How far

How far Boise commutes

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

94%

0%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

94%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boise is a job hub

2.19jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boise are

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

Jobs based in Boise

399 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Boise residents hold

182 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−11%

Jobs based in Boise, 2013 → 2023: 449 → 399. 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.