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2014-07-06 14 51 51 View of Denio, Nevada from Harney County Route 201 (Fields-Denio Road) a half mile north of the Oregon borderPhoto: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Jobs & commute in Denio

Denio has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Hardly any work in Denio; the top destination outside it is Winnemucca (30%, 85 miles). Employers in Denio report 5 jobs for 10 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 12% across Nevada.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves Denio for work, and who comes in

On a workday 10 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.

10live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
5work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night36
Workday31
36live here− 10head out to work+ 5come in to work= 31on a workday

About 31 people are in Denio on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.50jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Out of Denio to work: where people go

Winnemucca: 3 residents work here (30%)Elko: 1 residents work here (10%)SparksDenioWinnemuccaElkoDenio
1
Winnemucca85.1 mi away
30%3
2
Elko168.6 mi away
10%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
60%6
The top trips

Where Denio clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Denio works in goods: 100% of its jobs

Jobs based in DenioJobs Denio residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%60%
Trade, transport & utilities0%20%
Services: health, schools, offices0%20%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%0%
Over $3,333 a month80%100%

Who does it

29 or younger40%0%
30 to 5440%80%
55 and older20%20%

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 Denio’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Denio

Working from home
0%

of Denio workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Denio gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 15 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

Near or far: the trip to work from Denio

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miWinnemucca: 30% · 85.1 miElko: 10% · 168.6 miWinnemucca 30%Elko 10%Denio
DenioTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
0%10–24 mi0 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
100%Over 50 mi9 residents

About 100% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Denio: questions

What is the poverty rate in Denio?

0.0%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Denio work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winnemucca (30%, 85 mi), Elko (10%, 169 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Denio without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Denio, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Denio

Denio home →

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.