Long Valley Finnish Church · Photo: PKOSKIE · CC BY-SA 3.0McCall draws about two in five of Donnelly’s working residents
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Idaho has 13%. Only 4% work in Donnelly itself; outside it, McCall draws the most (44%, 12 miles). The trip to work takes 16 minutes on average, next to 22 for Idaho and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Donnelly
On a workday 106 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Donnelly on a workday afternoon, 26% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 Donnelly’s workforce comes from
Where Donnelly clocks in
44% of workers
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Donnelly
176 jobs are based in Donnelly.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Donnelly, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 176. 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 Donnelly’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Donnelly: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Donnelly workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 55 commuters (the 0% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Donnelly
About 32% 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 Donnelly: questions
What is the poverty rate in Donnelly?
44.6%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Donnelly?
16 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Donnelly work?
4% work in town.
Can you get around Donnelly without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Donnelly, from the people who make the trip.
More of Donnelly
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.