American Women's League Chapter House · Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Peck commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Commuters spend 34 minutes getting to work on average, next to 22 for Idaho and 26 for the U.S. There are 11 jobs in Peck for 76 working residents. Hardly any work in Peck; the top destination outside it is Lewiston (30%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Peck quiets down on a workday
On a workday 76 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Peck on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 Peck’s working residents head each day
Where Peck clocks in
30% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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 Peck’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Peck, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 11. 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 Peck’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Peck: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Peck workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 70 commuters (the 8% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Peck
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 Peck: questions
What is the median household income in Peck?
$58,182 (±$7,703) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Peck?
30.4%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Peck?
34 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Peck work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lewiston (30%, 28 mi), Orofino (11%, 8 mi), Lapwai (7%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Peck 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 Peck, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peck
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.