A job hub: Oldtown has 2.8 jobs per working resident, and 241 people come in to work
245 jobs are based in Oldtown for 87 working residents. Only 5% work in Oldtown; the top destination outside it is Sandpoint (11%, 22 miles). 6% of workers have no commute at all, where Idaho as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Oldtown: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 83 residents head out to work and 4 work right here.
About 420 people are in Oldtown on a workday afternoon, 60% 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.
Commuting in to Oldtown: where workers come from
Where Oldtown clocks in
11% 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 Oldtown’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oldtown, 2013 → 2023: 247 → 245. 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 Oldtown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Oldtown: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oldtown workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 165 commuters (the 6% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Oldtown
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 Oldtown: questions
What is the median household income in Oldtown?
$57,833 (±$12,373) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oldtown?
18.0%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oldtown?
19 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oldtown work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sandpoint (11%, 22 mi), Coeur d'Alene (9%, 35 mi), Newport (8%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oldtown 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 Oldtown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oldtown
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.