North Fork Payette River Bridge · Photo: Paulboehlke · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Smiths Ferry works elsewhere
60% of workers have no commute at all (Idaho 13%). Employers in Smiths Ferry report 3 jobs; 15 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Smiths Ferry itself; outside it, Cascade draws the most (27%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Smiths Ferry on a workday
On a workday 15 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 54 people are in Smiths Ferry on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Commuting out of Smiths Ferry: the destinations
Where Smiths Ferry clocks in
27% of workers
13% 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.
The kinds of work in Smiths Ferry
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Smiths Ferry, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 3. 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 Smiths Ferry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Smiths Ferry
of Smiths Ferry workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2 commuters (the 60% 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 Smiths Ferry’s workers travel
About 27% 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Smiths Ferry workers work outside Idaho. The job records count 14% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Smiths Ferry: questions
What is the median household income in Smiths Ferry?
$87,292 (±$20,795) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Smiths Ferry?
0.0%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Smiths Ferry work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cascade (27%, 15 mi), McCall (13%, 42 mi), Twin Falls (7%, 145 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Smiths Ferry without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Smiths Ferry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Smiths Ferry
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.