Marion and Julia Kelley House · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0Hazelton has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hazelton has 79 jobs; 336 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Hazelton; the top destination outside it is Twin Falls (22%, 17 miles). Working residents average 23 minutes each way, where Idaho has 22 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hazelton: the figures worth knowing
Hazelton and Twin Falls trade workers both ways
Twin Falls is the top workplace for Hazelton residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Hazelton come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Hazelton is a place people come home to
There are 79 jobs based in Hazelton, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hazelton has about 570 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 336 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Hazelton ends
Where Hazelton clocks in
22% 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.
Who leaves Hazelton for work, and who comes in
On a workday 329 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere.
About 570 people are in Hazelton on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 Hazelton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hazelton, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 79. 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 Hazelton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Hazelton: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hazelton workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 414 commuters (the 8% 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 commute from Hazelton, by distance
About 19% 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 Hazelton: questions
What is the median household income in Hazelton?
$57,656 (±$20,457) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hazelton?
14.4%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hazelton?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hazelton work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Twin Falls (22%, 17 mi), Jerome (5%, 21 mi), Kimberly (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hazelton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hazelton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hazelton
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.