Stibnite Historic District · Public domainMost of Yellow Pine commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Yellow Pine report 3 jobs for 18 working residents. Hardly any work in Yellow Pine itself; outside it, Cascade draws the most (22%, 42 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Yellow Pine
On a workday 18 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2 people are in Yellow Pine on a workday afternoon, 88% 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.
The towns that employ Yellow Pine’s residents
Where Yellow Pine clocks in
22% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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 Yellow Pine
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Yellow Pine, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 3. 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 Yellow Pine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Yellow Pine commutes less than 46 miles
About 50% 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 Yellow Pine: questions
What is the poverty rate in Yellow Pine?
0.0%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Yellow Pine work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cascade (22%, 42 mi), McCall (11%, 31 mi), Boise City (11%, 101 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Yellow Pine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yellow Pine
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.