Schick-Ostolasa Farmstead · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0Hidden Springs’ household incomes are higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 7.2% of residents, where Idaho as a whole has 10.6%. Jobs and income earn Hidden Springs A−; getting around on foot earns it D. Working from home is the commute for 32% of workers (Idaho 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hidden Springs: the figures worth knowing
More than half of Hidden Springs works in Boise City
833 working residents, 54%, have their main job in Boise City, 8.3 miles away. That’s 14 times as many as work in Hidden Springs itself. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Hidden Springs
32% of Hidden Springs workers work from home, against 13% across Idaho. Time on the road ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Hidden Springs’ working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 28 minutes, longer than the Idaho average of 22. Time on the road ↓
Most Hidden Springs residents work close to home
71% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 7% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Hidden Springs is a place people come home to
There are 450 jobs based in Hidden Springs, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hidden Springs has about 2,300 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Hidden Springs: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hidden Springs is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #4 of 59 in Idaho. Household income holds Hidden Springs’ grade up ($163,203, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hidden Springs could be anywhere from B− to A+.
54% of working residents work in Boise City
Where Hidden Springs clocks in
54% 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.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Hidden Springs
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hidden Springs workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,029 commuters (the 32% 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.
Miles to work from Hidden Springs
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.
In and out of Hidden Springs on a workday
On a workday 1,481 residents head out to work, 54 work right here, and 396 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Hidden Springs on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.29 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.
What work there is in Hidden Springs: 450 jobs
450 jobs are based in Hidden Springs.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hidden Springs, 2014 → 2024: 130 → 450. 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 Hidden Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Hidden Springs: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hidden Springs is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns, #57 of 59 in Idaho. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.5% across Idaho.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,517 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.5% of Hidden Springs households have no vehicle (Idaho 3.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hidden Springs’ commuters take a bus or train.
Hidden Springs places 710th of 4,402 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 708 | Hatfield PA | 3,424 | $81K | 7.0% | 2.9% | 3% | A− |
| 709 | Conewago Township PA | 3,067 | $108K | 5.4% | 4.4% | 5% | A− |
| 710 | Hidden Springs ID | 3,378 | $163K | 7.2% | 4.3% | 4% | A− |
| 711 | Allen Township OH | 2,750 | $104K | 8.0% | 1.7% | 8% | A− |
| 712 | Posey Township IN | 2,893 | $84K | 3.6% | 2.7% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 727 | Dalton Gardens ID | 2,496 | $80K | 4.6% | 1.1% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,112 | Ketchum ID | 3,643 | $93K | 5.2% | 0.0% | 36% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,316 | Iona ID | 3,179 | $85K | 12.2% | 1.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hidden Springs, the top three, the last and three more from Idaho.
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 Hidden Springs: questions
What is the median household income in Hidden Springs?
$163,203 (±$45,335) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hidden Springs?
7.2%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hidden Springs?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hidden Springs work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boise City (54%, 8 mi), Meridian (12%, 10 mi), Eagle (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Hidden Springs walkable?
Hidden Springs is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hidden Springs without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hidden Springs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hidden Springs
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.