Photo: Jeremy Reeder · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Kuna commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
About one in ten work in Kuna; the top destination outside it is Boise City (41%, 10 miles). 4,371 jobs are based in Kuna, and 13,281 of its residents work somewhere. Kuna grades A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Kuna, in brief
Jobs in Kuna have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Kuna went from 1,747 in 2013 to 4,371 in 2023, +150%. The jobs ↓
41% of Kuna works in Boise City
5,457 working residents, 41%, have their main job in Boise City, 10 miles away. That’s 5 times as many as work in Kuna itself. The commute map ↓
Kuna workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 22 across Idaho. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Kuna
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kuna is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #3 of 59 in Idaho. Unemployment is its strongest input (1.9%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (6.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kuna could be anywhere from B+ to A.
In Kuna, 31% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kuna, 2013 → 2023: 1,747 → 4,371. 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 Kuna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Kuna’s working residents head each day
Where Kuna clocks in
41% of workers
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.
Time on the road from Kuna: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kuna workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,453 commuters (the 10% 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.
In and out of Kuna on a workday
On a workday 12,163 residents head out to work, 1,118 work right here, and 3,253 people come in from elsewhere.
About 23,000 people are in Kuna on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Kuna commutes less than 11 miles
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.
Most trips from Kuna start in a car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.5% across Idaho.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 13,831 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.1% of Kuna households have no vehicle (Idaho 3.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Kuna’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 22,000 to 43,000, Kuna ranks 349th of 1,368 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 182 | Eagle ID | 34,658 | $123K | 6.1% | 2.0% | 14% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 347 | Fleming Island FL | 29,766 | $117K | 5.7% | 2.8% | 8% | A |
| 348 | Johnstown CO | 22,433 | $129K | 3.7% | 4.2% | 6% | A |
| 349 | Kuna ID | 31,525 | $96K | 6.8% | 1.9% | 8% | A |
| 350 | Farmers Branch TX | 38,320 | $91K | 11.4% | 1.9% | 8% | A |
| 351 | Derry NH | 33,990 | $109K | 4.0% | 4.0% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 974 | Lewiston ID | 34,717 | $72K | 12.5% | 2.5% | 56% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,243 | Moscow ID | 26,721 | $57K | 25.1% | 7.9% | 49% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,368 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Kuna, the top three, the last and three more from Idaho.
Bordering towns draw 18% of Kuna’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Meridian. Darker towns draw more of Kuna’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 Kuna: questions
What is the median household income in Kuna?
$96,219 (±$7,221) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kuna?
6.8%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kuna?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kuna work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boise City (41%, 10 mi), Meridian (18%, 6 mi), Nampa (10%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kuna walkable?
Kuna is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kuna without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kuna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kuna
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.