Reno has lower unemployment (1.0%) than 94% of U.S. towns
6% of workers work from home, where Texas as a whole has 14%. Jobs and income earn Reno A; getting around on foot earns it C−. Hardly any work in Reno; the top destination outside it is Fort Worth (33%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Reno stands out on work
Fewer jobs are based in Reno than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Reno fell from 510 in 2013 to 257 in 2023, −50%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Reno is a place people come home to
There are 257 jobs based in Reno, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Reno has about 2,600 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Reno and Fort Worth trade workers both ways
Fort Worth is the top workplace for Reno residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Reno come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Where Reno’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Reno is better than 91% of U.S. towns, #75 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment is its strongest input; the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (6.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Reno could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
What Reno’s employers do
257 jobs are based in Reno.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reno, 2013 → 2023: 510 → 257. 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 Reno’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Reno
On a workday 1,421 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 243 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Reno on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.18 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.
The places Reno commutes to
Where Reno clocks in
33% 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.
Reno’s commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reno workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,758 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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 Reno’s workers travel
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.
For most of Reno, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Reno is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #520 of 642 in Texas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,867 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.5% of Reno households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Reno’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Reno is 373rd among 4,264 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 371 | Big Sioux Township SD | 5,152 | $128K | 3.2% | 2.7% | 28% | A |
| 372 | Riverton IL | 3,471 | $81K | 0.9% | 0.0% | 6% | A |
| 373 | Reno TX | 3,823 | $96K | 6.3% | 1.0% | 1% | A |
| 374 | Belleville WI | 2,705 | $88K | 4.0% | 0.9% | 5% | A |
| 375 | Mine Hill Township NJ | 4,160 | $120K | 2.2% | 4.8% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Reno, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
How Reno compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Reno’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Reno: questions
What is the median household income in Reno?
$96,118 (±$14,894) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Reno?
6.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reno?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reno work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (33%, 17 mi), Dallas (5%, 48 mi), Azle (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Reno walkable?
Reno is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Reno without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Reno, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reno
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.