Photo: Tamanoeconomico · CC BY-SA 4.0At 1.8%, unemployment in Fruitland is lower than in 87% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 19 minutes getting to work on average, next to 22 for Idaho and 26 for the U.S. The two grades for Fruitland are B− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in five work in Fruitland itself; outside it, Ontario draws the most (21%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Fruitland, in brief
Fruitland has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Fruitland went from 1,475 in 2013 to 2,939 in 2023, +99%. The jobs ↓
Fruitland trades workers with the towns around it
Fruitland has about as many jobs (2,939) as working residents (2,682), but they are mostly different people: 2,207 residents leave for work each day while 2,464 people come in. Only 16% of the jobs in Fruitland are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Fruitland workers cross into Oregon
28% of Fruitland workers work outside Idaho, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Ontario (21%) and Vale (1%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Fruitland makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Fruitland are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Fruitland residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Fruitland’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fruitland is better than 51% of U.S. towns, #23 of 59 in Idaho. Unemployment holds Fruitland’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fruitland could be anywhere from C to B+.
Factories, building and farms: 36% of the jobs in Fruitland
2,939 jobs are based in Fruitland.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fruitland, 2013 → 2023: 1,475 → 2,939. 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 Fruitland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Fruitland by day
On a workday 2,207 residents head out to work, 475 work right here, and 2,464 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).
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 Fruitland’s working residents head each day
Where Fruitland clocks in
21% of workers
11% of workers
5% 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.
About 19 minutes each way for Fruitland’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fruitland workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,606 commuters (the 8% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Fruitland
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.
Fruitland is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fruitland is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns, #30 of 59 in Idaho. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.5% across Idaho.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,846 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 46% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 46% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 43% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.4% of Fruitland households have no vehicle (Idaho 3.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fruitland’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,777th of 3,205: where Fruitland ranks among U.S. towns of 5,000 to 9,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,287 | Rigby ID | 5,757 | $85K | 9.7% | 2.2% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,426 | Kimberly ID | 5,798 | $98K | 19.3% | 0.0% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,775 | Dunellen NJ | 8,337 | $87K | 22.6% | 5.5% | 5% | B− |
| 1,776 | Carroll Township PA | 5,274 | $79K | 10.3% | 5.6% | 10% | B− |
| 1,777 | Fruitland ID | 7,213 | $65K | 8.8% | 1.8% | 18% | B− |
| 1,778 | Williamsburg Township OH | 5,900 | $66K | 9.6% | 3.3% | 6% | B− |
| 1,779 | East Huntingdon Township PA | 7,587 | $68K | 9.1% | 4.4% | 12% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,209 | Emmett ID | 8,900 | $59K | 18.3% | 2.1% | 17% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,205 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Fruitland, the top three, the last and three more from Idaho.
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 Fruitland: questions
What is the median household income in Fruitland?
$65,457 (±$3,714) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fruitland?
8.8%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fruitland?
19 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fruitland work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ontario (21%, 3 mi), Boise City (11%, 45 mi), Nampa (5%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fruitland walkable?
Fruitland is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 11.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fruitland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 46% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fruitland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fruitland
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.