Bruneau Episcopal Church · Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 4.0Where Bruneau earns its living
Home is the office for 100% of workers, where Idaho as a whole has 13%. Hardly any work in Bruneau; the top destination outside it is Nampa (15%, 63 miles). Employers in Bruneau report 20 jobs; 26 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Bruneau
On a workday 26 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 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.
Where Bruneau goes to work
Where Bruneau clocks in
15% of workers
12% 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.
The kinds of work in Bruneau
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bruneau, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 20. 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 Bruneau’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Bruneau
of Bruneau workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Bruneau
About 73% 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 Bruneau: questions
What is the median household income in Bruneau?
$40,375 (±$23,851) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bruneau?
0.0%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bruneau work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nampa (15%, 63 mi), Boise City (12%, 55 mi), Grand View (8%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bruneau, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bruneau
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.