Gardnerville Ranchos has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Only 5% work in Gardnerville Ranchos; the top destination outside it is Carson City (14%, 18 miles). There are 624 jobs in Gardnerville Ranchos; 4,960 of its residents have a job. Gardnerville Ranchos grades B for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Gardnerville Ranchos, in brief
Inside Gardnerville Ranchos’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gardnerville Ranchos is better than 56% of U.S. towns, #12 of 42 in Nevada. Unemployment holds Gardnerville Ranchos’ grade up (2.1%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down. 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, Gardnerville Ranchos could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
In and out of Gardnerville Ranchos on a workday
On a workday 4,710 residents head out to work, 250 work right here, and 374 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,800 people are in Gardnerville Ranchos on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 Gardnerville Ranchos goes to work
Where Gardnerville Ranchos clocks in
14% of workers
13% 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.
Jobs in Gardnerville Ranchos: what the 624 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gardnerville Ranchos, 2013 → 2023: 552 → 624. 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 Gardnerville Ranchos’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Gardnerville Ranchos takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gardnerville Ranchos workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,644 commuters (the 9% 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.
Half of Gardnerville Ranchos commutes less than 13 miles
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.
Most trips from Gardnerville Ranchos start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gardnerville Ranchos is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #36 of 42 in Nevada. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% 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 5,103 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 24% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% 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). 1.3% of Gardnerville Ranchos households have no vehicle (Nevada 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gardnerville Ranchos’ commuters take a bus or train.
Gardnerville Ranchos next to U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000: 1,489th of 2,695 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 942 | Cold Springs NV | 11,321 | $94K | 3.9% | 3.2% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,294 | Incline Village NV | 9,272 | $167K | 6.0% | 3.9% | 41% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,487 | Ionia MI | 12,208 | $64K | 12.0% | 1.9% | 17% | B |
| 1,488 | Troy MO | 15,201 | $79K | 13.6% | 2.3% | 14% | B |
| 1,489 | Gardnerville Ranchos NV | 12,114 | $88K | 9.5% | 2.1% | 5% | B |
| 1,490 | Old Forge PA | 8,640 | $72K | 7.4% | 5.5% | 11% | B |
| 1,491 | Grand Haven MI | 11,038 | $61K | 14.5% | 1.8% | 22% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,572 | Spring Creek NV | 14,739 | $105K | 7.3% | 4.1% | 6% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | D− |
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 Gardnerville Ranchos, the top three, the last and three more from Nevada.
Around Gardnerville Ranchos: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Gardnerville (9%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gardnerville Ranchos workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardnerville Ranchos | – | B | C | 29 min | $87,785 |
| Gardnerville | 9% | C+ | A | 22 min | $62,267 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gardnerville Ranchos’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 Gardnerville Ranchos: questions
What is the median household income in Gardnerville Ranchos?
$87,785 (±$9,514) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gardnerville Ranchos?
9.5%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gardnerville Ranchos?
29 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Nevada and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gardnerville Ranchos work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carson City (14%, 18 mi), Minden (13%, 5 mi), Reno (11%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gardnerville Ranchos walkable?
Gardnerville Ranchos is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gardnerville Ranchos without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gardnerville Ranchos, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gardnerville Ranchos
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.