Work means Pocatello for about half of Inkom’s working residents
A typical one-way commute lasts 24 minutes, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. Hardly any work in Inkom; the top destination outside it is Pocatello (46%, 12 miles). For 21% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Idaho.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Inkom
Inkom is a place people come home to
There are 43 jobs based in Inkom, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Inkom has about 610 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Inkom
21% of Inkom workers work from home, against 13% across Idaho. 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 299 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Inkom commutes to
Where Inkom clocks in
10% 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.
Inkom by day and by night
On a workday 298 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 610 people are in Inkom on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.14 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.
Time on the road from Inkom: about 24 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 Inkom workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 301 commuters (the 21% 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 Inkom: 43 jobs
43 jobs are based in Inkom.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Inkom, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 43. 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 Inkom’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Inkom goes to work
About 22% 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 Inkom: questions
What is the median household income in Inkom?
$85,625 (±$29,258) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Inkom?
5.0%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Inkom?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Inkom work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pocatello (46%, 12 mi), Idaho Falls (10%, 49 mi), Chubbuck (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Inkom without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Inkom, from the people who make the trip.
More of Inkom
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.