Post Falls Community United Presbyterian Church · Photo: Nancy Reilly Young · CC BY-SA 3.0At 3.3%, unemployment in Post Falls is lower than in 65% of U.S. towns
A typical one-way commute from Post Falls lasts 24 minutes (Idaho 22, U.S. 26). The two grades for Post Falls are B for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in five work in Post Falls itself; outside it, Coeur d'Alene draws the most (26%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Post Falls at work: what stands out
A lot of Post Falls workers cross into Washington
28% of Post Falls workers work outside Idaho, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Spokane (9%), Spokane Valley (8%) and Liberty Lake (2%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Post Falls has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Post Falls went from 8,391 in 2013 to 14,103 in 2023, +68%. The jobs ↓
Post Falls and Coeur d'Alene trade workers both ways
Coeur d'Alene is the top workplace for Post Falls residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Post Falls come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Post Falls’ working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 24 minutes, longer than the Idaho average of 22. Time on the road ↓
Most Post Falls residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Post Falls
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Post Falls is better than 58% of U.S. towns, #21 of 59 in Idaho. Unemployment holds Post Falls’ grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (11.1%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Post Falls could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Where people from Post Falls work
Where Post Falls clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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 Post Falls: what the 14,103 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Post Falls, 2013 → 2023: 8,391 → 14,103. 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 Post Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Post Falls: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Post Falls workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17,619 commuters (the 13% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Post Falls
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.
Who works in Post Falls, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 13,555 residents head out to work, 3,757 work right here, and 10,346 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The commute in Post Falls is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Post Falls is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #24 of 59 in Idaho. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.5% across Idaho.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 20,178 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.5% of Post Falls households have no vehicle (Idaho 3.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Post Falls’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Post Falls ranks: 558th of 923 U.S. towns of 33,000 to 63,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
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| 108 | Eagle ID | 34,658 | $123K | 6.1% | 2.0% | 14% | A |
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| 530 | Coeur d'Alene ID | 58,179 | $72K | 9.2% | 2.9% | 44% | B |
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| 556 | Summerville SC | 53,177 | $81K | 10.1% | 4.9% | 12% | B |
| 557 | Monterey Park CA | 57,457 | $82K | 12.4% | 6.1% | 9% | B |
| 558 | Post Falls ID | 46,715 | $82K | 11.1% | 3.3% | 22% | B |
| 559 | SeaTac WA | 34,578 | $81K | 9.3% | 7.0% | 16% | B |
| 560 | Tucker GA | 37,290 | $80K | 10.6% | 6.5% | 7% | B |
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| 639 | Twin Falls ID | 56,216 | $61K | 11.4% | 3.0% | 56% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 923 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Post Falls, the top three, the last and three more from Idaho.
Around Post Falls: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Rathdrum (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Post Falls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Post Falls | – | B | B+ | 24 min | $82,183 |
| State Line | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
| Rathdrum | 2% | B | B+ | 25 min | $86,563 |
Same-state neighbors only. State Line: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Post Falls’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Post Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Post Falls?
$82,183 (±$7,061) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Post Falls?
11.1%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Post Falls?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Post Falls work?
22% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coeur d'Alene (26%, 7 mi), Spokane (9%, 23 mi), Spokane Valley (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Post Falls walkable?
Post Falls is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Post Falls without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Post Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Post Falls
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.