With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Arbon Valley works elsewhere
61 jobs are based in Arbon Valley; 230 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Arbon Valley itself; outside it, Pocatello draws the most (25%, 7 miles). At 22 minutes each way, commutes from Arbon Valley run about the Idaho average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Arbon Valley: the figures worth knowing
Arbon Valley and Pocatello trade workers both ways
Pocatello is the top workplace for Arbon Valley residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Arbon Valley come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Arbon Valley is a place people come home to
There are 61 jobs based in Arbon Valley, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Arbon Valley has about 390 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 230 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Arbon Valley: the destinations
Where Arbon Valley clocks in
7% 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.
Who works in Arbon Valley, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 226 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Arbon Valley on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer 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 distance from Arbon Valley to work
About 34% 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.
A place that makes things: 43% of Arbon Valley’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arbon Valley, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 61. 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 Arbon Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Arbon Valley’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Arbon Valley workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 210 commuters (the 15% 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.
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 Arbon Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Arbon Valley?
$61,750 (±$13,357) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arbon Valley?
6.0%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Arbon Valley?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Arbon Valley work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pocatello (25%, 7 mi), Idaho Falls (7%, 50 mi), Rockland (6%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Arbon Valley without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arbon Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arbon Valley
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.