Murray Masonic Hall · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0Where Silverton earns its living
0% of workers work from home (Idaho 13%). Only 2% work in Silverton itself; outside it, Osburn draws the most (17%, 2 miles). Working residents average 27 minutes each way (Idaho 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Silverton, in brief
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Silverton’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 27 minutes, longer than the Idaho average of 22. Time on the road ↓
Few Silverton workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Idaho. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 201 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How long Silverton spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Silverton workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 191 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.
Who works in Silverton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 196 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 151 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 (0.78 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.
Out of Silverton to work: where people go
Where Silverton clocks in
16% of workers
9% 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.
Most jobs in Silverton are in services
156 jobs are based in Silverton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Silverton, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 156. 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 Silverton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Silverton
About 20% 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 Silverton: questions
What is the median household income in Silverton?
$90,074 (±$55,491) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Silverton?
4.4%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Silverton?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Silverton work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Osburn (17%, 2 mi), Wallace (16%, 2 mi), Kellogg (9%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Silverton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Silverton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Silverton
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.