Photo: Flickr user Afiler · CC BY-SA 2.0How Notus works: jobs, income and commuting
Notus has 170 jobs, against 238 working residents. Only 2% work in Notus; the top destination outside it is Boise City (24%, 29 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 28 minutes, where Idaho has 22 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Notus apart on work
Notus’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Notus is Boise City, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (56) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Notus workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 22 across Idaho. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 46 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 238 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where in the region Notus works
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.
Commuting from Notus: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Notus workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 237 commuters (the 14% 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.
Who works in Notus, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 234 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere.
About 540 people are in Notus on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.71 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.
Where Notus’ working residents head each day
Where Notus clocks in
24% of workers
14% of workers
13% 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 Notus
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Notus, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 170. 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 Notus’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Notus: questions
What is the median household income in Notus?
$64,813 (±$18,761) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Notus?
16.2%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Notus?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Notus work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boise City (24%, 29 mi), Nampa (14%, 14 mi), Caldwell (13%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Notus without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Notus, from the people who make the trip.
More of Notus
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.