Lowman has 2.1 jobs for every working resident: 34 people commute in to work
0% of workers have no commute at all; Idaho has 13%. Lowman has 34 jobs, against 16 working residents. Hardly any work in Lowman itself; outside it, Garden Valley draws the most (19%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Lowman on a workday
On a workday 16 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 64 people are in Lowman on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Where the people who work in Lowman live
Where Lowman clocks in
13% 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.
In Lowman, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lowman, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 34. 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 Lowman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Lowman
of Lowman workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16 commuters (the 0% 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 Lowman
About 19% 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 Lowman: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lowman?
43.5%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lowman work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Garden Valley (19%, 17 mi), Boise City (13%, 45 mi), Crouch (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lowman 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 Lowman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lowman
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.