Milner Dam and the Twin Falls Main Canal · Public domainMurtaugh draws 100 commuters a day, with 1.9 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Murtaugh report 101 jobs, and 53 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Murtaugh; the top destination outside it is Twin Falls (28%, 16 miles). Home is the office for 3% of workers; Idaho has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Murtaugh
On a workday 52 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 170 people are in Murtaugh 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 Murtaugh’s workforce comes from
Where Murtaugh clocks in
28% 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.
Jobs in Murtaugh: what the 101 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Murtaugh, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 101. 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 Murtaugh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Murtaugh spends getting to work: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Murtaugh workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 61 commuters (the 3% 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 it is to work from Murtaugh
About 29% 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 Murtaugh: questions
What is the median household income in Murtaugh?
$48,750 (±$18,971) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Murtaugh?
10.4%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Murtaugh?
34 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Murtaugh work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Twin Falls (28%, 16 mi), Pocatello (6%, 90 mi), Idaho Falls (6%, 128 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Murtaugh without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Murtaugh, from the people who make the trip.
More of Murtaugh
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.