Photo: Sam Beebe · CC BY 2.0There are 2.3 jobs in Stanley for every working resident, and 89 people commute in
Home is the office for 99% of workers; Idaho has 13%. There are 91 jobs in Stanley, against 39 working residents. Only 5% work in Stanley; the top destination outside it is Challis (33%, 40 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Stanley by day
On a workday 37 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.
About 180 people are in Stanley on a workday afternoon, 42% more than live here.
2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 towns that send workers to Stanley
Where Stanley clocks in
33% of workers
13% of workers
13% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Stanley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stanley, 2013 → 2023: 262 → 91. 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 Stanley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Stanley
of Stanley workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2 commuters (the 99% 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 Stanley
About 53% 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 Stanley: questions
What is the poverty rate in Stanley?
21.3%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Stanley work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Challis (33%, 40 mi), Mackay (13%, 69 mi), Idaho Falls (13%, 153 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stanley 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 Stanley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stanley
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.