Reubens has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Hardly any work in Reubens itself; outside it, Craigmont draws the most (17%, 7 miles). There are 9 jobs in Reubens; 18 of its residents have a job. Commuters spend 44 minutes getting to work on average, 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
The daily commute in and out of Reubens
On a workday 18 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 43 people are in Reubens on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
Where people from Reubens work
Where Reubens clocks in
11% 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.
A place that makes things: 89% of Reubens’ jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Reubens’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Reubens’ commute takes about 44 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reubens workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 22 commuters (the 15% 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 far Reubens’ workers travel
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.
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 4% of Reubens workers work outside Idaho. The job records count 17% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Reubens: questions
What is the median household income in Reubens?
$76,250 (±$16,398) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Reubens?
8.8%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reubens?
44 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reubens work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Craigmont (17%, 7 mi), Nezperce (11%, 16 mi), Lewiston (11%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Reubens 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 Reubens, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reubens
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.