Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Faustus37 assumed (based on copyright claims). · Public domainAcequia draws 357 commuters a day, with 6.4 jobs for every working resident
Only 7% work in Acequia itself; outside it, Rupert draws the most (13%, 5 miles). There are 361 jobs in Acequia, against 56 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 20 minutes (Idaho 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Acequia: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 52 residents head out to work and 4 work right here.
About 440 people are in Acequia on a workday afternoon, 228% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip into Acequia
Where Acequia clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Acequia, 65% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Acequia, 2013 → 2023: 210 → 361. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Acequia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Acequia: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Acequia workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 41 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Idaho: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Acequia
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Acequia: questions
What is the poverty rate in Acequia?
7.8%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Acequia?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Acequia work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rupert (13%, 5 mi), Burley (11%, 13 mi), Twin Falls (5%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Acequia without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Acequia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Acequia
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.