Johnny Sack Cabin · Photo: Pilleyk · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Island Park has 4.1 jobs per working resident, and 197 people come in to work
There are 199 jobs in Island Park for 49 working residents. Only 4% work in Island Park; the top destination outside it is Rexburg (10%, 54 miles). Commuters spend 20 minutes getting to work on average, next to 22 for Idaho and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Island Park nearly doubles on a workday
On a workday 47 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.
About 340 people are in Island Park on a workday afternoon, 79% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting in to Island Park: where workers come from
Where Island Park clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
What Island Park’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Island Park, 2014 → 2024: 127 → 199. 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 Island Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes to work from Island Park
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Island Park workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 63 commuters (the 7% 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 Island Park, by distance
About 60% 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 2024.
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 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 Island Park: questions
What is the median household income in Island Park?
$91,250 (±$9,580) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Island Park?
1.2%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Island Park?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Island Park work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rexburg (10%, 54 mi), Idaho Falls (8%, 80 mi), West Yellowstone (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Island Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Island Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Island Park
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.