Gold Point Mill · Photo: Evan4211 · CC BY-SA 3.0Work, pay and getting to work in Elk City
At home: 26% of workers have no commute at all (Idaho 13%). Hardly any work in Elk City itself; outside it, Kamiah draws the most (15%, 40 miles). Employers in Elk City report 24 jobs; 40 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Elk City
On a workday 40 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 24 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.
0.60 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Elk City’s residents
Where Elk City clocks in
15% of workers
15% of workers
5% 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: 29% of jobs based in Elk City
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elk City, 2014 → 2024: 54 → 24. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elk City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Elk City
of Elk City workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20 commuters (the 26% 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 Elk City
About 44% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Elk City: questions
What is the median household income in Elk City?
$61,103 (±$31,197) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elk City?
15.8%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Elk City work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kamiah (15%, 40 mi), Grangeville (15%, 34 mi), Lewiston (5%, 84 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Elk City without a car?
0% 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 Elk City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elk City
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.