Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0How Kendrick works: jobs, income and commuting
138 jobs are based in Kendrick, and 116 of its residents work somewhere. Only 6% work in Kendrick itself; outside it, Lewiston draws the most (21%, 22 miles). The trip to work takes 36 minutes on average; Idaho averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Kendrick for work, and who comes in
On a workday 109 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).
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 the trip to work from Kendrick ends
Where Kendrick clocks in
21% 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.
The kinds of work in Kendrick
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kendrick, 2013 → 2023: 184 → 138. 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 Kendrick’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Kendrick: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kendrick workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 125 commuters (the 15% 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.
How far Kendrick’s workers travel
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.
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 Kendrick: questions
What is the median household income in Kendrick?
$64,821 (±$18,673) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kendrick?
18.2%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kendrick?
36 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kendrick work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lewiston (21%, 22 mi), Moscow (20%, 18 mi), Pullman (9%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kendrick without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kendrick, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kendrick
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.