State Bank of Kooskia · Photo: JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Making a living in Kooskia
Only 4% work in Kooskia; the top destination outside it is Kamiah (21%, 6 miles). Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers (Idaho 13%). At 22 minutes each way, commutes from Kooskia run about the Idaho average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Kooskia: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 140 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 196 people come in from elsewhere.
About 610 people are in Kooskia on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 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 Kooskia ends
Where Kooskia clocks in
21% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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 202 jobs based in Kooskia
202 jobs are based in Kooskia.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kooskia, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 202. 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 Kooskia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way for Kooskia’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kooskia workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 178 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.
How many miles Kooskia commutes
About 35% 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 Kooskia: questions
What is the median household income in Kooskia?
$45,938 (±$16,954) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kooskia?
9.6%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kooskia?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kooskia work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kamiah (21%, 6 mi), Grangeville (7%, 16 mi), Lewiston (7%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kooskia 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 Kooskia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kooskia
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.