Gannett has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
0% of workers have no commute at all, where Idaho as a whole has 13%. There are 44 jobs in Gannett, and 85 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Gannett; the top destination outside it is Hailey (26%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Gannett by day
On a workday 82 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Gannett on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Gannett to work: where people go
Where Gannett clocks in
26% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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: 64% of jobs based in Gannett
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gannett, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 44. 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 Gannett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Gannett
of Gannett workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 226 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.
The distance from Gannett to work
About 26% 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 Gannett: questions
What is the poverty rate in Gannett?
0.0%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Gannett work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hailey (26%, 13 mi), Ketchum (11%, 25 mi), Carey (11%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gannett without a car?
19% of commuters take transit and 45% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gannett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gannett
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.