Photo: Visitor7 · CC BY-SA 3.0Greenleaf has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, against 13% across Idaho. There are 144 jobs in Greenleaf, and 332 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Greenleaf for work; outside it, Boise City is the main destination (21%, 30 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Greenleaf apart
The commute from Greenleaf, by distance
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.
Greenleaf quiets down on a workday
On a workday 329 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Greenleaf on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Where the trip to work from Greenleaf ends
Where Greenleaf clocks in
21% of workers
18% of workers
16% 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.
Jobs in Greenleaf: what the 144 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenleaf, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 144. 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 Greenleaf’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Greenleaf spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenleaf workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 588 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.
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 Greenleaf: questions
What is the median household income in Greenleaf?
$69,141 (±$19,966) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenleaf?
11.8%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenleaf?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenleaf work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boise City (21%, 30 mi), Nampa (18%, 14 mi), Caldwell (16%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Greenleaf 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 Greenleaf, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenleaf
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.