Work means Paris for about half of Reno’s working residents
Household incomes here are lower than in 55% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Reno is better than 33% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (C−). 2% of workers work from home, where Texas as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Reno at work: what stands out
More than half of Reno works in Paris
715 working residents, 50%, have their main job in Paris, 3.8 miles away across the town line. That’s 17 times as many as work in Reno itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Reno are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Reno workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Reno has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Reno went from 437 in 2013 to 616 in 2023, +41%. The jobs ↓
Reno makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Reno are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Reno residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Reno’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Reno’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Reno could be anywhere from D to A.
Commuting out of Reno: the destinations
Where Reno clocks in
1% 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.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Texas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 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 1,542 commuters (the 2% 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.
Making and building: 36% of jobs based in Reno
616 jobs are based in Reno.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reno, 2013 → 2023: 437 → 616. 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.
Who leaves Reno for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,401 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 580 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Reno on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.43 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Reno
About 33% 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.
In Reno, the car does most of the work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,575 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). 1.1% of Reno households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Reno’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800, Reno ranks 2,962nd of 4,355 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,960 | Lawai HI | 2,718 | $104K | 9.9% | 9.1% | 3% | C |
| 2,961 | Gatlinburg TN | 3,715 | $53K | 13.5% | 3.6% | 45% | C |
| 2,962 | Reno TX | 3,575 | $72K | 11.2% | 5.5% | 3% | C |
| 2,963 | Paupack Township PA | 3,738 | $75K | 7.6% | 8.3% | 6% | C |
| 2,964 | Mono Vista CA | 3,675 | $86K | 7.0% | 7.6% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | 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.
Work next door: 50% of Reno’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Paris. 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?
$72,420 (±$22,084) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Reno?
11.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reno?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reno work?
3% work in town.
Is Reno walkable?
Reno is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Reno without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% 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.