Photo: Travellers & Tinkers · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Mullan commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
There are 86 jobs in Mullan, and 209 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% stay in Mullan for work; outside it, Wallace is the main destination (20%, 6 miles). Commuters spend 28 minutes getting to work on average; Idaho averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mullan and work: the main findings
About 28 minutes each way for Mullan’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mullan workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 316 commuters (the 9% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Mullan
On a workday 202 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere.
About 540 people are in Mullan on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Where Mullan’s working residents head each day
Where Mullan clocks in
20% of workers
12% 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 kinds of work in Mullan
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mullan, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 86. 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 Mullan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Mullan’s commute, mile by mile
About 27% 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 Mullan: questions
What is the median household income in Mullan?
$68,125 (±$30,512) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mullan?
10.6%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mullan?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mullan work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wallace (20%, 6 mi), Osburn (15%, 10 mi), Kellogg (12%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mullan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mullan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mullan
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.