Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Enterprise commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Enterprise report 67,108 jobs, and 117,472 of its residents work somewhere. Enterprise grades B+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Enterprise and work: the main findings
Much of Enterprise works one town over
52% of working residents work in a town that borders Enterprise: Paradise (32%), Henderson (11%) and Spring Valley (9%). Next door ↓
Enterprise has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Enterprise went from 38,017 in 2013 to 67,108 in 2023, +77%. The jobs ↓
Most Enterprise residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 5% work more than 50 miles away. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Enterprise’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Enterprise is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #6 of 42 in Nevada. Job access by car holds Enterprise’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Enterprise could be anywhere from B to B+.
What Enterprise’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Enterprise, 2013 → 2023: 38,017 → 67,108. 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 Enterprise’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Enterprise
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.
Enterprise by day and by night
On a workday 104,712 residents head out to work, 12,760 work right here, and 54,348 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190,000 people are in Enterprise on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
32% of working residents work in Paradise
Where Enterprise clocks in
32% of workers
19% of workers
11% 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.
Getting to work from Enterprise takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Enterprise workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 110,023 commuters (the 14% 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.
Most of Enterprise commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Enterprise is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #23 of 42 in Nevada. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.6% across Nevada.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 127,540 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 33% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 8% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 79% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.8% of Enterprise households have no vehicle (Nevada 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Enterprise’s commuters take a bus or train.
These are town averages; neighborhoods differ.
For jobs and income, Enterprise is 32nd of 111 U.S. towns of 168,000 to 325,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Hempstead NY | 238,982 | $158K | 4.5% | 4.1% | 20% | A |
| 2 | Oyster Bay NY | 301,115 | $160K | 3.9% | 4.6% | 19% | A |
| 3 | Frisco TX | 236,955 | $150K | 3.6% | 4.6% | 14% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Boise City ID | 238,429 | $84K | 10.6% | 3.6% | 62% | B+ |
| 31 | Irving TX | 257,076 | $82K | 11.0% | 4.5% | 21% | B+ |
| 32 | Enterprise NV | 240,464 | $98K | 8.7% | 6.1% | 11% | B+ |
| 33 | Surprise AZ | 175,304 | $97K | 8.6% | 4.3% | 10% | B+ |
| 34 | Aurora IL | 181,505 | $94K | 9.5% | 5.8% | 16% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Reno NV | 283,621 | $81K | 12.6% | 5.1% | 63% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | North Las Vegas NV | 296,653 | $80K | 12.1% | 8.5% | 16% | B− |
| 64 | Spring Valley NV | 219,187 | $75K | 12.2% | 7.6% | 13% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 111 | Shreveport LA | 175,902 | $49K | 23.5% | 9.0% | 61% | C− |
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 Enterprise, the top three, the last and three more from Nevada.
52% of Enterprise works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Paradise (32%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Enterprise workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | – | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $98,462 |
| Spring Valley | 9% | B− | A− | 23 min | $74,511 |
| Henderson | 11% | B | B+ | 24 min | $90,138 |
| Paradise | 32% | C | A+ | 23 min | $59,190 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Enterprise’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 Enterprise: questions
What is the median household income in Enterprise?
$98,462 (±$2,764) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Enterprise?
8.7%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Enterprise?
24 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Nevada and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Enterprise work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paradise (32%, 8 mi), Las Vegas (19%, 16 mi), Henderson (11%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Enterprise walkable?
Enterprise is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Enterprise without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 8% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Enterprise, from the people who make the trip.
More of Enterprise
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.