Work, pay and getting to work in Malta
For 25% of workers, the job is at home; Idaho has 13%. Only 6% work in Malta; the top destination outside it is Burley (20%, 27 miles). Commuters spend 9 minutes getting to work on average; the Idaho average is 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Malta
On a workday 62 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Malta on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 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 people from Malta work
Where Malta clocks in
20% of workers
14% of workers
5% 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.
What work there is in Malta: 88 jobs
88 jobs are based in Malta.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Malta, 2013 → 2023: 124 → 88. 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 Malta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 9 minutes to work from Malta
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Malta workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 81 commuters (the 25% 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 Malta goes to work
About 30% 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 Malta: questions
What is the median household income in Malta?
$55,682 (±$41,244) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Malta?
57.8%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Malta?
9 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Malta work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burley (20%, 27 mi), Boise City (14%, 170 mi), Rupert (5%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Malta 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 Malta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Malta
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.