Photo: Jsayre64 · CC BY-SA 4.0For about two in five of its working residents, White Bird is a commute to Grangeville
Working from home is the commute for 18% of workers, next to 13% for Idaho as a whole. Only 3% work in White Bird; the top destination outside it is Grangeville (44%, 14 miles). Employers in White Bird report 23 jobs, and 34 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of White Bird on a workday
On a workday 33 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 72 people are in White Bird on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Where the trip to work from White Bird ends
Where White Bird clocks in
44% of workers
12% of workers
3% 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.
White Bird is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 White Bird’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in White Bird
of White Bird workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18 commuters (the 18% 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 it is to work from White Bird
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 White Bird workers work outside Idaho. The job records count 12% 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 White Bird: questions
What is the poverty rate in White Bird?
71.9%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in White Bird work?
3% work in town.
Can you get around White Bird without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 23% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from White Bird, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Bird
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.