Dyer has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
There are 34 jobs in Dyer; 88 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Dyer itself; outside it, Silver Peak draws the most (14%, 22 miles). Working from home is the commute for 69% of workers; Nevada has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Dyer by day
On a workday 85 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Dyer on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Dyer goes to work
Where Dyer clocks in
14% of workers
8% 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.
Dyer works in goods: 79% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dyer, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 34. 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 Dyer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Dyer
of Dyer workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 26 commuters (the 69% 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.
The distance from Dyer to work
About 71% 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.
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 Dyer: questions
What is the median household income in Dyer?
$68,281 (±$14,786) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dyer?
0.0%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Dyer work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Silver Peak (14%, 22 mi), Elko (8%, 251 mi), Goldfield (7%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dyer 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 Dyer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dyer
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.