Photo: Druemdach · CC BY 4.0At 10.8%, unemployment in Kellogg is higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Kellogg are D− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Kellogg is behind 87% of U.S. towns. About one in four work in Kellogg; the top destination outside it is Coeur d'Alene (8%, 33 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Kellogg in brief
Kellogg is where the jobs are
Kellogg has 1,558 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
The biggest group of Kellogg’s workers comes from Coeur d'Alene
112 of the people who work in Kellogg live in Coeur d'Alene, 33 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
Kellogg’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Kellogg is Coeur d'Alene, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (76) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 948 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Kellogg’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kellogg is better than 3% of U.S. towns. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Kellogg’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kellogg could be anywhere from D− to C−.
How a workday changes Kellogg
On a workday 668 residents head out to work, 280 work right here, and 1,278 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Kellogg on a workday afternoon, 25% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where Kellogg’s workers come from
Where Kellogg clocks in
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.
Short hops and long hauls from Kellogg
About 18% 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.
The 1,558 jobs based in Kellogg
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kellogg, 2013 → 2023: 1,573 → 1,558. 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 Kellogg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Idaho
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kellogg workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 882 commuters (the 9% 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.
Few in Kellogg walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kellogg is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.5% across Idaho, on an EPA index of 6.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 964 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). 3.5% of Kellogg households have no vehicle (Idaho 3.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kellogg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Kellogg sits among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 690 | Dalton Gardens ID | 2,496 | $80K | 4.6% | 1.1% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,319 | Iona ID | 3,179 | $85K | 12.2% | 1.0% | 1% | B+ |
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| 1,324 | Filer ID | 3,026 | $65K | 5.1% | 0.7% | 6% | B+ |
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| 4,972 | Ashland AL | 1,952 | $42K | 25.0% | 0.0% | 31% | D− |
| 4,973 | Fordyce AR | 3,141 | $38K | 17.1% | 12.4% | 44% | D− |
| 4,974 | Kellogg ID | 2,456 | $51K | 19.2% | 10.8% | 30% | D− |
| 4,975 | Anthony KS | 2,034 | $51K | 21.1% | 3.9% | 40% | D− |
| 4,976 | Polkton NC | 1,722 | $47K | 30.4% | 2.5% | 2% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Kellogg, the top three, the last and three more from Idaho.
Kellogg and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kellogg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kellogg | – | D− | B+ | 18 min | $50,625 |
| Smelterville | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Wardner | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Smelterville and Wardner: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kellogg’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Kellogg: questions
What is the median household income in Kellogg?
$50,625 (±$14,354) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kellogg?
19.2%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kellogg?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kellogg work?
30% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coeur d'Alene (8%, 33 mi), Osburn (6%, 6 mi), Wallace (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kellogg walkable?
Kellogg is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kellogg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kellogg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kellogg
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.