Photo: Rickmouser45 · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Eagle top those of 89% of U.S. towns
For 29% of workers, the job is at home; Idaho has 13%. The poverty rate is 6.1%, where Idaho as a whole has 10.6%. Jobs and income earn Eagle A; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Eagle, in a few figures
Much of Eagle works one town over
59% of working residents work in a town that borders Eagle: Boise City (43%), Meridian (15%) and Star (1%). Next door ↓
Jobs in Eagle have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Eagle went from 5,047 in 2013 to 12,426 in 2023, +146%. The jobs ↓
Eagle trades workers with the towns around it
Eagle has about as many jobs (12,426) as working residents (12,579), but they are mostly different people: 10,872 residents leave for work each day while 10,719 people come in. Only 14% of the jobs in Eagle are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Eagle
29% of Eagle workers work from home, against 13% across Idaho. Time on the road ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Eagle’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 24 minutes, longer than the Idaho average of 22. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Eagle’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Eagle is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #1 of 59 in Idaho. Household income is its strongest input ($122,894, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Eagle could be anywhere from A− to A+.
What the 12,426 jobs in Eagle are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eagle, 2013 → 2023: 5,047 → 12,426. 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 Eagle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Eagle: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 10,872 residents head out to work, 1,707 work right here, and 10,719 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How long Eagle spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eagle workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,204 commuters (the 29% 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.
43% of working residents work in Boise City
Where Eagle clocks in
43% of workers
6% 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.
How far it is to work from Eagle
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Eagle
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eagle is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns, #14 of 59 in Idaho. Both inputs place Eagle near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 14,287 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 2% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 40% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.3% of Eagle households have no vehicle (Idaho 3.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Eagle’s commuters take a bus or train.
Eagle places 178th of 1,287 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 24,000 to 47,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 176 | Anderson Township OH | 44,163 | $122K | 4.0% | 3.1% | 9% | A |
| 177 | Spring Township PA | 28,873 | $95K | 5.1% | 2.0% | 10% | A |
| 178 | Eagle ID | 34,658 | $123K | 6.1% | 2.0% | 14% | A |
| 179 | Plainsboro Township NJ | 24,349 | $132K | 4.2% | 4.0% | 9% | A |
| 180 | Lutz FL | 27,106 | $120K | 6.1% | 2.6% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 353 | Kuna ID | 31,525 | $96K | 6.8% | 1.9% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 782 | Post Falls ID | 46,715 | $82K | 11.1% | 3.3% | 22% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 920 | Lewiston ID | 34,717 | $72K | 12.5% | 2.5% | 56% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,287 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Eagle, the top three, the last and three more from Idaho.
59% of Eagle works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Boise City (43%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eagle workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle | – | A | A− | 24 min | $122,894 |
| Avimor | under 1% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Boise City | 43% | B+ | A | 19 min | $83,904 |
| Star | 1% | B | C | 28 min | $97,936 |
| Meridian | 15% | A | B+ | 22 min | $100,795 |
Same-state neighbors only. Avimor: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eagle’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Eagle: questions
What is the median household income in Eagle?
$122,894 (±$5,881) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eagle?
6.1%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eagle?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eagle work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boise City (43%, 11 mi), Meridian (15%, 6 mi), Nampa (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eagle walkable?
Eagle is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eagle without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eagle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eagle
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.