Photo: Howpper · CC BY-SA 3.0State Line draws 132 commuters a day, with 11.0 jobs for every working resident
11.1% of residents live below the poverty line; Idaho has 10.6%. State Line has 132 jobs for 12 working residents. 0% of workers have no commute at all, where Idaho as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in State Line by day
On a workday 12 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 160 people are in State Line on a workday afternoon, 316% more 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.
The daily trip into State Line
Where State Line clocks in
25% of workers
17% 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 State Line
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in State Line, 2013 → 2023: 91 → 132. 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 State Line’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in State Line
of State Line workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5 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.
Short hops and long hauls from State Line
About 17% 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.
Next door is work for 25% of State Line
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | State Line workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Line | – | — | — | — | $48,750 |
| Post Falls | 25% | B | B+ | 24 min | $82,183 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Post Falls. Darker towns draw more of State Line’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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 20% of State Line workers work outside Idaho. The job records count 33% 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 State Line: questions
What is the median household income in State Line?
$48,750 (±$38,473) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in State Line?
11.1%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in State Line work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Post Falls (25%, 4 mi), Coeur d'Alene (17%, 11 mi), Spokane (17%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around State Line 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 State Line, from the people who make the trip.
More of State Line
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.