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Work & commute in Ruhenstroth · A commuter town

99% of Ruhenstroth’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Ruhenstroth for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Minden (19%), Reno (13%) and Carson (12%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Work in town
1%
4 of 446 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
24 min
Less than NV (25 min)
Work from home
6%
Less than NV (12%)
Jobs based here
70
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Ruhenstroth?

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

★ What stands out · The commute map

19% of working residents work in Minden

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

South Lake Tahoe: 18 residents work here (4%)Sparks: 12 residents work here (3%)Reno: 57 residents work here (13%)Carson: 52 residents work here (12%)RuhenstrothMinden: 84 residents work here (19%)Gardnerville: 34 residents work here (8%)East Valley: 35 residents work here (8%)Gardnerville Ranchos: 5 residents work here (1%)Topaz Ranch EstatesIndian HillsJohnson LaneIncline Village: 5 residents work here (1%)Paradise: 6 residents work here (1%)MindenRenoCarsonEast ValleyGardnervilleSouth Lake TahoeRuhenstroth
1
Minden6.8 mi away
19%84
2
Reno46.3 mi away
13%57
3
Carson18.4 mi away
12%52
4
East Valley3.5 mi away
8%35
5
Gardnerville4.4 mi away
8%34
64%18
7
Sparks47.2 mi away
3%12
8
Paradise315.7 mi away
1%6
91%5
10
Incline Village29.7 mi away
1%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%138
The top trips

Where Ruhenstroth clocks in

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

Day and night

Ruhenstroth quiets down on a workday

On a workday 442 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.

442live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
66work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,700
Workday1,300
1,700live here− 440head out to work+ 66come in to work= 1,300on a workday

About 1,300 people are in Ruhenstroth on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.16jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.16 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 Ruhenstroth commutes less than 16 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 miMinden: 19% · 6.8 miReno: 13% · 46.3 miCarson: 12% · 18.4 miEast Valley: 8% · 3.5 miGardnerville: 8% · 4.4 miSouth Lake Tahoe: 4% · 16.2 miSparks: 3% · 47.2 miParadise: 1% · 315.7 miGardnerville Ranchos: 1% · 3.6 miIncline Village: 1% · 29.7 miMinden 19%Reno 13%Carson 12%East Valley 8%Gardnerville 8%Ruhenstroth
RuhenstrothTop destinations (size = commuters)
45%Under 10 mi199 residents
21%10–24 mi95 residents
20%25–50 mi91 residents
13%Over 50 mi59 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Ruhenstroth makes things: 57% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in RuhenstrothJobs Ruhenstroth residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms57%22%
Trade, transport & utilities0%17%
Services: health, schools, offices43%61%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less4%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%20%
Over $3,333 a month77%67%

Who does it

29 or younger13%15%
30 to 5447%46%
55 and older40%39%
−40%

Jobs based in Ruhenstroth, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 70. 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.

Time on the road

About 24 minutes each way, about the NV average

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

A year of commuting
187 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Ruhenstroth24 min
Nevada25 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
6%

of Ruhenstroth workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
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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