Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0Juliaetta has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
The trip to work takes 27 minutes on average, next to 22 for Idaho and 26 for the U.S. Juliaetta has 126 jobs, against 253 working residents. Only 4% stay in Juliaetta for work; outside it, Lewiston is the main destination (19%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Juliaetta in brief
Juliaetta and Lewiston trade workers both ways
Lewiston is the top workplace for Juliaetta residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Juliaetta come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Juliaetta workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Idaho. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 253 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Juliaetta work
Where Juliaetta clocks in
19% 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.
Commuting from Juliaetta: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Juliaetta workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 288 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.
How many people are in Juliaetta by day
On a workday 244 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Juliaetta on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
What Juliaetta’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Juliaetta, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 126. 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 Juliaetta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Juliaetta
About 21% 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 Juliaetta: questions
What is the median household income in Juliaetta?
$52,455 (±$9,471) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Juliaetta?
7.6%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Juliaetta?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Juliaetta work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lewiston (19%, 18 mi), Moscow (16%, 18 mi), Pullman (8%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Juliaetta without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Juliaetta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Juliaetta
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.