Work and commuting in Beatty
Working from home is the commute for 17% of workers, next to 12% for Nevada as a whole. About one in five stay in Beatty for work; outside it, Tonopah is the main destination (13%, 80 miles). 387 jobs are based in Beatty, and 306 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Beatty
A big share show a job far from home
66% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Beatty’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Beatty is Tonopah, 80 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (41) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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; with 306 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The commute from Beatty, by distance
About 66% 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.
Beatty on a workday afternoon
On a workday 245 residents head out to work, 61 work right here, and 326 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Beatty on a workday afternoon, 21% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Beatty: the destinations
Where Beatty clocks in
13% of workers
12% 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.
Jobs in Beatty: what the 387 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beatty, 2013 → 2023: 203 → 387. 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 Beatty’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Beatty
of Beatty workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 135 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Nevada: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
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 Beatty: questions
What is the poverty rate in Beatty?
9.8%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Beatty work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tonopah (13%, 80 mi), Amargosa Valley (12%, 34 mi), North Las Vegas (7%, 103 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Beatty without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beatty, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beatty
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.