Pierre's Hole 1832 Battle Area Site · Photo: Lowjumpingfrog · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Driggs (2.1%) than in 83% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are higher than in 73% of U.S. towns. Driggs grades B− for jobs and income and A for walkability. About one in four work in Driggs itself; outside it, Jackson draws the most (16%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Driggs at work: what stands out
A lot of Driggs workers cross into Wyoming
31% of Driggs workers work outside Idaho, most of them in Wyoming, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Driggs is where the jobs are
Driggs has 1,768 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Driggs’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Driggs is Jackson, WY, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (179) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Driggs has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Driggs went from 1,168 in 2013 to 1,768 in 2023, +51%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Driggs’ grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Driggs is better than 53% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Driggs’ grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 9% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Driggs could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Where Driggs’s workers come from
Where Driggs clocks in
16% of workers
4% 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.
Driggs by day and by night
On a workday 831 residents head out to work, 261 work right here, and 1,507 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Driggs on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
The distance from Driggs to work
About 15% 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.
Inside Driggs’ 1,768 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Driggs, 2013 → 2023: 1,168 → 1,768. 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 Driggs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driggs’ commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Driggs workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,510 commuters (the 14% 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.
Driggs is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Driggs is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 14.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.5% across Idaho, on an EPA index of 8.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,764 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Driggs households have no vehicle (Idaho 3.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Driggs’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200, Driggs ranks 2,050th of 4,995 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 664 | Dalton Gardens ID | 2,496 | $80K | 4.6% | 1.1% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,261 | Iona ID | 3,179 | $85K | 12.2% | 1.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,266 | Filer ID | 3,026 | $65K | 5.1% | 0.7% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,048 | Manheim NY | 3,026 | $70K | 8.6% | 1.9% | 14% | B− |
| 2,049 | Sugar Camp WI | 1,876 | $79K | 5.7% | 3.0% | 6% | B− |
| 2,050 | Driggs ID | 2,403 | $95K | 11.6% | 2.1% | 24% | B− |
| 2,051 | Richmond IL | 2,114 | $73K | 5.2% | 8.9% | 4% | B− |
| 2,052 | Buckner MO | 2,891 | $87K | 12.1% | 5.1% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Driggs, the top three, the last and three more from Idaho.
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 Driggs: questions
What is the median household income in Driggs?
$95,392 (±$16,799) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Driggs?
11.6%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Driggs?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Driggs work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (16%, 24 mi), Teton Village (7%, 16 mi), Victor (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Driggs walkable?
Driggs is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Driggs without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Driggs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Driggs
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.