Photo: User:akampfer · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Carey commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
5% of workers work from home, where Idaho as a whole has 13%. 154 jobs are based in Carey, against 361 working residents. About one in ten work in Carey; the top destination outside it is Hailey (22%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Carey: the gist
Carey’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Carey is Hailey, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (81) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Carey workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 22 across Idaho. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 361 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The distance from Carey to work
About 20% 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.
The trip to work from Carey: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carey workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 426 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.
A workday in Carey: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 323 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Carey on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Where Carey’s working residents head each day
Where Carey clocks in
22% of workers
15% 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.
Making and building: 51% of jobs based in Carey
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carey, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 154. 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 Carey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Carey: questions
What is the median household income in Carey?
$59,375 (±$19,918) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carey?
3.6%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carey?
33 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carey work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hailey (22%, 23 mi), Ketchum (15%, 34 mi), Bellevue (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Carey without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carey
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.