Lewiston is a medium-sized city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 34,836 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Lewiston is the 11th largest community in Idaho.Lewiston is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lewiston is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lewiston who work in office and administrative support (13.15%), sales jobs (10.69%), and management occupations (10.18%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.78% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One of the benefits of Lewiston is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.30 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.The percentage of people in Lewiston who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.99% of adults in Lewiston have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Lewiston in 2022 was $37,589, which is wealthy relative to Idaho, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $150,356 for a family of four. However, Lewiston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Lewiston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lewiston residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Lewiston include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Lewiston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
