Lemhi Pass · Photo: United States Forest Service · Public domainA job hub: Leadore has 6.3 jobs per working resident, and 180 people come in to work
At home: 21% of workers have no commute at all (Idaho 13%). 182 jobs are based in Leadore, against 29 working residents. Only 7% work in Leadore itself; outside it, Salmon draws the most (17%, 43 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Leadore on a workday
On a workday 27 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.
About 250 people are in Leadore on a workday afternoon, 155% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Leadore, and from where
Where Leadore clocks in
17% 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.
Most jobs in Leadore are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leadore, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 182. 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 Leadore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Leadore’s commute takes about 13 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leadore workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 42 commuters (the 21% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Leadore
About 45% 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 Leadore: questions
What is the median household income in Leadore?
$30,568 (±$4,380) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leadore?
25.2%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leadore?
13 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leadore work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salmon (17%, 43 mi), Mackay (7%, 54 mi), Twin Falls (7%, 156 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Leadore without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leadore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leadore
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.