Photo: Flickr user Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer people are out of work in Gardnerville (2.2%) than in 82% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.3 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 9.1 in Las Vegas. Gardnerville grades C+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. About one in seven work in Gardnerville; the top destination outside it is Minden (17%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Gardnerville and work: the main findings
Gardnerville trades workers with the towns around it
Gardnerville has about as many jobs (2,189) as working residents (2,488), but they are mostly different people: 2,129 residents leave for work each day while 1,830 people come in. Only 16% of the jobs in Gardnerville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Gardnerville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Gardnerville went from 1,602 in 2013 to 2,189 in 2023, +37%. The jobs ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Gardnerville’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gardnerville is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #27 of 42 in Nevada. Unemployment holds Gardnerville’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Gardnerville could be anywhere from D to B.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 2,129 residents head out to work, 359 work right here, and 1,830 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 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.
The kinds of work in Gardnerville
2,189 jobs are based in Gardnerville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gardnerville, 2013 → 2023: 1,602 → 2,189. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of Gardnerville: the destinations
Where Gardnerville clocks in
17% of workers
15% of workers
10% 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.
How long Gardnerville spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gardnerville workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,024 commuters (the 5% 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 Gardnerville to work
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.
In Gardnerville, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gardnerville is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns, #3 of 42 in Nevada. Both inputs place Gardnerville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,124 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% 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). 5.8% of Gardnerville households have no vehicle (Nevada 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Gardnerville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Gardnerville next to U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,400: 2,377th of 3,612 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 600 | Johnson Lane NV | 6,467 | $121K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,152 | Nellis AFB NV | 5,087 | $69K | 3.6% | 27.8% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,041 | Moapa Valley NV | 6,684 | $89K | 5.8% | 4.1% | 13% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,375 | Denair CA | 4,914 | $99K | 18.8% | 8.1% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,376 | Washington Township OH | 4,183 | $64K | 27.6% | 1.9% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,377 | Gardnerville NV | 5,486 | $62K | 14.4% | 2.2% | 14% | C+ |
| 2,378 | Rockmart GA | 5,369 | $57K | 3.1% | 8.7% | 14% | C+ |
| 2,379 | Blooming Grove Township PA | 5,751 | $85K | 4.4% | 8.1% | 8% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,612 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Nevada.
Work next door: 23% of Gardnerville’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gardnerville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardnerville | – | C+ | A | 22 min | $62,267 |
| East Valley | 4% | B+ | D− | 31 min | $125,417 |
| Minden | 17% | B | A | 15 min | $99,904 |
| Gardnerville Ranchos | 2% | B | C | 29 min | $87,785 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Minden. Darker towns draw more of Gardnerville’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: questions
What is the median household income in Gardnerville?
$62,267 (±$17,032) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gardnerville?
14.4%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gardnerville?
22 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Nevada and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gardnerville work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minden (17%, 2 mi), Carson City (15%, 15 mi), Reno (10%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gardnerville walkable?
Gardnerville is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.8 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gardnerville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gardnerville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gardnerville
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.