Photo: Richard Bauer · CC BY 2.0Most of Worley commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Worley has 18 jobs; 64 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Worley for work; outside it, Coeur d'Alene is the main destination (14%, 22 miles). 4% of workers work from home (Idaho 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Worley, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 64 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Worley on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer 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.
Where Worley’s working residents head each day
Where Worley clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Worley: what the 18 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Worley, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 18. 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 Worley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way, about the ID average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Worley workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 96 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 Worley’s workers travel
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.
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 Worley: questions
What is the median household income in Worley?
$45,536 (±$4,446) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Worley?
23.0%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Worley?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Worley work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coeur d'Alene (14%, 22 mi), Plummer (8%, 5 mi), Spokane (6%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Worley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Worley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Worley
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.