Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0Grace has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 196 jobs in Grace, against 363 working residents. Only 5% work in Grace itself; outside it, Soda Springs draws the most (36%, 9 miles). 6% of workers have no commute at all (Idaho 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Grace
Grace and Soda Springs trade workers both ways
Soda Springs is the top workplace for Grace residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Grace come from (30% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Grace are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 22 across Idaho. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Idaho worker. 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; with 363 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Grace ends
Where Grace clocks in
36% 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.
Grace’s commute takes about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grace workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 603 commuters (the 6% 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 daily flow of workers through Grace
On a workday 344 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 177 people come in from elsewhere.
About 770 people are in Grace on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
The kinds of work in Grace
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grace, 2013 → 2023: 272 → 196. 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 Grace’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Grace
About 24% 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 Grace: questions
What is the median household income in Grace?
$72,885 (±$7,307) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grace?
13.8%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grace?
16 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grace work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Soda Springs (36%, 9 mi), Pocatello (7%, 42 mi), Bancroft (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Grace without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grace, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grace
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.