Photo: Bobjgalindo · CC BY-SA 4.0About two in five of Swan Valley’s working residents commute to Idaho Falls
A typical one-way commute lasts 33 minutes, next to 22 for Idaho and 26 for the U.S. Only 1% work in Swan Valley itself; outside it, Idaho Falls draws the most (42%, 36 miles). Home is the office for 19% of workers (Idaho 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Swan Valley by day
On a workday 72 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 70 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 (0.97 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.
Where Swan Valley’s working residents head each day
Where Swan Valley clocks in
42% of workers
12% of workers
4% 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.
What the 71 jobs in Swan Valley are
71 jobs are based in Swan Valley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Swan Valley, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 71. 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 Swan Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Swan Valley: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Swan Valley workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 108 commuters (the 19% 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.
Miles to work from Swan Valley
About 16% 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.
Swan Valley and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Swan Valley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swan Valley | – | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Irwin | under 2% | — | — | 59 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Irwin: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Swan Valley’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 Swan Valley: questions
What is the poverty rate in Swan Valley?
15.3%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Swan Valley?
33 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Swan Valley work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Swan Valley 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 Swan Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Swan Valley
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.