Photo: Tamanoeconomico · CC BY-SA 4.0Murphy draws 121 commuters a day, with 3.9 jobs for every working resident
There are 122 jobs in Murphy, and 31 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% stay in Murphy for work; outside it, Caldwell is the main destination (13%, 30 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Idaho has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Murphy on a workday afternoon
On a workday 30 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 260 people are in Murphy on a workday afternoon, 54% 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 Murphy’s workers come from
Where Murphy clocks in
13% of workers
13% of workers
6% 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.
Murphy makes things: 30% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Murphy, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 122. 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 Murphy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Murphy
of Murphy workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 92 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.
How far Murphy goes to work
About 16% 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 Murphy: questions
What is the median household income in Murphy?
$76,116 (±$35,848) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Murphy?
0.0%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Murphy work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Caldwell (13%, 30 mi), Boise City (13%, 31 mi), Mountain Home (6%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Murphy 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 Murphy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Murphy
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.