Experimental Breeder Reactor No. 1 · Photo: Veedar · Public domainJobs, income and commuting in Butte City, ID
For 5% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Idaho. Hardly any work in Butte City; the top destination outside it is Arco (35%, 4 miles). Commuters spend 46 minutes getting to work on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Butte City: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 23 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 64 people are in Butte City on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Butte City work
Where Butte City clocks in
35% of workers
22% of workers
9% 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.
About 46 minutes each way for Butte City’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Butte City workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 38 commuters (the 5% 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.
How far it is to work from Butte City
About 61% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Butte City: questions
What is the poverty rate in Butte City?
36.8%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Butte City?
46 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Butte City work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Arco (35%, 4 mi), Idaho Falls (22%, 61 mi), Hailey (9%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Butte City 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 Butte City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Butte City
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.