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Work & commute in Reubens · A commuter town

100% of Reubens’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Reubens for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Craigmont (17%), Nezperce (11%) and Lewiston (11%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 18 working residents
Typical commute
24 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
44 min
More than ID (22 min)
Work from home
15%
More than ID (13%)
Jobs based here
9
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Reubens?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

17% of working residents work in Craigmont

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Winchester: 1 residents work here (6%)ReubensNezperce: 2 residents work here (11%)Craigmont: 3 residents work here (17%)KamiahGrangeville: 1 residents work here (6%)MoscowLewiston: 2 residents work here (11%)Post Falls: 2 residents work here (11%)Boise City: 1 residents work here (6%)Clarkston: 1 residents work here (6%)Walla Walla: 1 residents work here (6%)Spokane Valley: 1 residents work here (6%)CraigmontNezperceLewistonPost FallsWinchesterGrangevilleReubens
1
Craigmont6.6 mi away
17%3
2
Nezperce15.7 mi away
11%2
3
Lewiston22 mi away
11%2
4
Post Falls98.7 mi away
11%2
5
Winchester6.9 mi away
6%1
6
Grangeville34 mi away
6%1
7
Boise City188.9 mi away
6%1
8
Clarkston, WA25 mi away
6%1
9
Walla Walla, WA87.6 mi away
6%1
10
Spokane Valley, WA98.2 mi away
6%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
17%3
The top trips

Where Reubens clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 44 minutes each way, longer than most of Idaho

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
338 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Reubens44 min
Idaho22 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
15%

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

About 2 in 10
Day and night

Reubens quiets down on a workday

On a workday 18 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.

18live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
9work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night68
Workday59
68live here− 18head out to work+ 9come in to work= 59on a workday

About 59 people are in Reubens on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.50jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.50 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.

How far

Half of Reubens commutes less than 24 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miCraigmont: 17% · 6.6 miNezperce: 11% · 15.7 miLewiston: 11% · 22 miPost Falls: 11% · 98.7 miWinchester: 6% · 6.9 miGrangeville: 6% · 34 miBoise City: 6% · 188.9 miClarkston: 6% · 25 miWalla Walla: 6% · 87.6 miSpokane Valley: 6% · 98.2 miCraigmont 17%Nezperce 11%Lewiston 11%Post Falls 11%Winchester 6%Reubens
ReubensTop destinations (size = commuters)
22%Under 10 mi4 residents
28%10–24 mi5 residents
11%25–50 mi2 residents
39%Over 50 mi7 residents

About 39% 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.

The jobs

Reubens makes things: 89% of its jobs are in goods

9 jobs are based in Reubens. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Reubens’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in ReubensJobs Reubens residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms89%33%
Trade, transport & utilities0%6%
Services: health, schools, offices11%61%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less33%22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%22%
Over $3,333 a month44%56%

Who does it

29 or younger56%17%
30 to 5444%67%
55 and older0%17%
+125%

Jobs based in Reubens, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 9. 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.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
  • Where the employer says. A job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
  • Two surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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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.

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