Photo: Scoletti1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Work means Idaho Falls for about half of Ammon’s working residents
At 22 minutes each way, commutes from Ammon run about the Idaho average. For jobs and income Ammon is better than 65% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (A−). Measured by household income, Ammon is ahead of 64% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Ammon, in a few figures
More than half of Ammon works in Idaho Falls
3,873 working residents, 50%, have their main job in Idaho Falls, 3.9 miles away across the town line. That’s 5 times as many as work in Ammon itself. The commute map ↓
Most Ammon residents work close to home
72% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Ammon
52% of Ammon residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 30% of the jobs based in Ammon pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 90% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Ammon has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Ammon went from 3,935 in 2013 to 5,956 in 2023, +51%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Ammon pay little
28% of the jobs based in Ammon pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 38% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Ammon’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate holds Ammon’s grade up (5.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ammon could be anywhere from C+ to A.
The places Ammon commutes to
Where Ammon clocks in
50% of workers
3% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Ammon
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 the 5,956 jobs in Ammon are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ammon, 2013 → 2023: 3,935 → 5,956. 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 Ammon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Ammon for work, and who comes in
On a workday 6,956 residents head out to work, 766 work right here, and 5,190 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Ammon
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ammon workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,505 commuters (the 11% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Ammon
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 8,427 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.9% of Ammon households have no vehicle (Idaho 3.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Ammon’s commuters take a bus or train.
949th of 1,860: where Ammon ranks among U.S. towns of 14,000 to 27,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 910 | Hayden ID | 17,363 | $83K | 7.8% | 3.1% | 15% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 947 | Lincoln Township MI | 14,814 | $98K | 5.8% | 5.6% | 11% | B |
| 948 | Farmington NY | 15,187 | $93K | 8.3% | 5.2% | 8% | B |
| 949 | Ammon ID | 20,119 | $86K | 5.4% | 5.1% | 10% | B |
| 950 | Norridge IL | 14,808 | $88K | 7.9% | 8.0% | 6% | B |
| 951 | Fishkill NY | 22,937 | $101K | 7.7% | 6.0% | 9% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 964 | Star ID | 20,874 | $98K | 5.8% | 6.9% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,002 | Chubbuck ID | 16,823 | $83K | 6.0% | 4.3% | 14% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,860 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ammon, the top three, the last and three more from Idaho.
Work next door: 50% of Ammon’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ammon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammon | – | B | A− | 22 min | $86,121 |
| Lincoln | under 1% | B− | B | 19 min | $84,280 |
| Idaho Falls | 50% | B− | A− | 19 min | $73,110 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Idaho Falls. Darker towns draw more of Ammon’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Ammon: questions
What is the median household income in Ammon?
$86,121 (±$11,321) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ammon?
5.4%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ammon?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ammon work?
10% work in town.
Is Ammon walkable?
Ammon is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ammon without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ammon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ammon
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.