With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Tensed works elsewhere
A typical one-way commute lasts 20 minutes, where Idaho has 22 and the U.S. 26. 1 jobs are based in Tensed, against 28 working residents. Hardly any work in Tensed; the top destination outside it is St. Maries (43%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Tensed on a workday afternoon
On a workday 28 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 72 people are in Tensed on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
The places Tensed commutes to
Where Tensed clocks in
43% of workers
7% 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.
In Tensed, 100% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Tensed’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Tensed: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tensed workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15 commuters (the 12% 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.
Tensed’s commute, mile by mile
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 Tensed: questions
What is the median household income in Tensed?
$19,688 (±$9,959) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tensed?
32.4%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tensed?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tensed work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Maries (43%, 20 mi), Coeur d'Alene (11%, 38 mi), Spokane Valley (7%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tensed without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tensed, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tensed
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.