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Jobs & commute in Wardner

Wardner has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

4% of workers have no commute at all, where Idaho as a whole has 13%. Employers in Wardner report 6 jobs; 79 of its residents have a job. Commuters spend 33 minutes getting to work on average, where Idaho has 22 and the U.S. 26.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

6 jobs based here
Household income
$37K
median · Idaho $78K
Poverty
7.6%
Idaho 10.6%
Unemployment
2.5%
Idaho 3.7% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
33 min
Idaho 22 · U.S. 26
Work in town
0%
0 of 79 working residents
Work from home
4%
Idaho 13% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Wardner

On a workday 79 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

79live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night210
Workday130
210live here− 79head out to work+ 6come in to work= 130on a workday

About 130 people are in Wardner on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.08jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

30% of working residents work in Kellogg

SmeltervilleWallace: 6 residents work here (8%)WardnerPinehurst: 3 residents work here (4%)Osburn: 4 residents work here (5%)Kellogg: 24 residents work here (30%)Sandpoint: 1 residents work here (1%)Rathdrum: 2 residents work here (3%)Hayden: 4 residents work here (5%)Lewiston: 1 residents work here (1%)Coeur d'Alene: 6 residents work here (8%)SeattleSilverton: 3 residents work here (4%)KelloggWallaceCoeur d'AleneOsburnHaydenPinehurstWardner
1
Kellogg1.1 mi away
30%24
2
Wallace10.4 mi away
8%6
3
Coeur d'Alene33.3 mi away
8%6
4
Osburn6.4 mi away
5%4
5
Hayden35.5 mi away
5%4
6
Pinehurst4.6 mi away
4%3
7
Silverton8.3 mi away
4%3
8
Rathdrum40 mi away
3%2
9
Sandpoint56.2 mi away
1%1
10
Lewiston87.7 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
32%25
The top trips

Where Wardner clocks in

30% of workers
1.1 mi awayKellogg24 Wardner residents work here · Jobs & commute →
8% of workers
10.4 mi awayWallace6 Wardner residents work here · Jobs & commute →
8%Coeur d'Alene
8% of workers
33.3 mi awayCoeur d'Alene6 Wardner residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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 jobs

Services make up most of the work in Wardner

Jobs based in WardnerJobs Wardner residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%15%
Trade, transport & utilities0%18%
Services: health, schools, offices100%67%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less67%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%43%
Over $3,333 a month17%42%

Who does it

29 or younger33%32%
30 to 540%47%
55 and older67%22%
−74%

Jobs based in Wardner, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 6. 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 Wardner’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 33 minutes to work from Wardner

A year of commuting
255 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Wardner33 min
Idaho22 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
4%

of Wardner workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Wardner gets to work
97%Drive alone
1%Walk
2%Other

Share of the 145 commuters (the 4% 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

Miles to work from Wardner

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miKellogg: 30% · 1.1 miWallace: 8% · 10.4 miCoeur d'Alene: 8% · 33.3 miOsburn: 5% · 6.4 miHayden: 5% · 35.5 miPinehurst: 4% · 4.6 miSilverton: 4% · 8.3 miRathdrum: 3% · 40 miSandpoint: 1% · 56.2 miLewiston: 1% · 87.7 miKellogg 30%Wallace 8%Coeur d'Alene 8%Hayden 5%Wardner
WardnerTop destinations (size = commuters)
55%Under 10 mi43 residents
8%10–24 mi6 residents
18%25–50 mi14 residents
19%Over 50 mi15 residents

About 19% 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

Next door is work for 30% of Wardner

Kellogg: 30% of workers work hereKelloggWardner
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%
Kellogg30% of Wardner works here

Jobs & commute next door

TownWardner workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Wardner–——33 min$37,122
Kellogg30%D−B+18 min$50,625

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Kellogg. Darker towns draw more of Wardner’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Wardner: questions

What is the median household income in Wardner?

$37,122 (±$37,070) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Wardner?

7.6%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Wardner?

33 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Wardner work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kellogg (30%, 1 mi), Wallace (8%, 10 mi), Coeur d'Alene (8%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Wardner without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Wardner, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

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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.