Households in Homedale earn less than those in 70% of U.S. towns
5% of workers work from home (Idaho 13%). Below the poverty line: 16.8% of residents, next to 10.6% across Idaho. For jobs and income Homedale is better than 20% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Homedale
Homedale’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Homedale is Boise City, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (179) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Homedale workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 22 across Idaho. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A young workforce
30% of Homedale’s working residents are 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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.
The four measures behind Homedale’s grade
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Homedale’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Homedale could be anywhere from D to B−.
How far Homedale’s workers travel
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.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Homedale
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Homedale workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,343 commuters (the 5% 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 work there is in Homedale: 820 jobs
820 jobs are based in Homedale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Homedale, 2013 → 2023: 722 → 820. 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 Homedale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Homedale
On a workday 1,129 residents head out to work, 160 work right here, and 660 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Homedale on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.64 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 2023, primary jobs.
14% of working residents work in Boise City
Where Homedale clocks in
14% of workers
14% of workers
12% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Homedale
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,411 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.7% of Homedale households have no vehicle (Idaho 3.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Homedale’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200, Homedale ranks 3,619th of 4,562 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 693 | Hidden Springs ID | 3,378 | $163K | 7.2% | 4.3% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 711 | Dalton Gardens ID | 2,496 | $80K | 4.6% | 1.1% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,092 | Ketchum ID | 3,643 | $93K | 5.2% | 0.0% | 37% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,617 | Colfax WA | 2,667 | $62K | 15.1% | 4.1% | 27% | C− |
| 3,618 | Chipley FL | 3,804 | $46K | 12.7% | 3.9% | 22% | C− |
| 3,619 | Homedale ID | 3,138 | $62K | 16.8% | 5.6% | 12% | C− |
| 3,620 | Algonac MI | 4,109 | $57K | 14.5% | 5.7% | 5% | C− |
| 3,621 | Dunean SC | 3,668 | $49K | 20.5% | 9.7% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Homedale, 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 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 Homedale: questions
What is the median household income in Homedale?
$62,117 (±$5,507) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Homedale?
16.8%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Homedale?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Homedale work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boise City (14%, 35 mi), Nampa (14%, 19 mi), Caldwell (12%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Homedale walkable?
Homedale is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Homedale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Homedale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Homedale
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. 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.