Conant Creek Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge · Photo: UltraSparky · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 5.8 jobs in Drummond for every working resident, and 35 people commute in
Hardly any work in Drummond itself; outside it, Idaho Falls draws the most (33%, 49 miles). Employers in Drummond report 35 jobs, against 6 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Drummond by day
On a workday 6 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 44 people are in Drummond on a workday afternoon, 193% more than live here.
5.8 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 towns that send workers to Drummond
Where Drummond clocks in
33% of workers
17% of workers
17% 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.
Goods, not services: 34% of the jobs in Drummond
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Drummond, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 35. 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 Drummond’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Drummond works
About 50% 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 Drummond: questions
What is the poverty rate in Drummond?
0.0%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Drummond work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Idaho Falls (33%, 49 mi), Spirit Lake (17%, 381 mi), Twin Falls (17%, 186 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Drummond, from the people who make the trip.
More of Drummond
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.