Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Genoa works elsewhere
Household incomes here are higher than in 89% of U.S. towns. 118 jobs are based in Genoa, against 313 working residents. For jobs and income Genoa is better than 57% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Genoa
Genoa and Carson City trade workers both ways
Carson City is the top workplace for Genoa residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Genoa come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Genoa are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 25 across Nevada. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Nevada worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 313 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Genoa’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Household income holds Genoa’s grade up ($121,981, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (4.1%) is left out: Genoa’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Genoa could be anywhere from C to A−.
19% of working residents work in Carson City
Where Genoa clocks in
19% of workers
19% of workers
5% 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.
The daily trip from Genoa: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Genoa workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 379 commuters (the 18% 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.
Who commutes out of Genoa, and who commutes in
On a workday 302 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Genoa on a workday afternoon, 15% 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.
Jobs in Genoa: what the 118 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Genoa, 2013 → 2023: 125 → 118. 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 Genoa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Genoa works
About 18% 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.
In Genoa, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 465 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% 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). 0.0% of Genoa households have no vehicle (Nevada 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Genoa’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Genoa ranks: 1,322nd of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | Mogul NV | 1,050 | $145K | 2.3% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 499 | Verdi NV | 1,012 | $81K | 3.0% | 6.4% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 790 | Osino NV | 1,341 | $93K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,320 | Iowa Township KS | 1,463 | $98K | 6.1% | 2.4% | 13% | B |
| 1,321 | Wakeshma Township MI | 1,331 | $78K | 6.9% | 12.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,322 | Genoa NV | 1,284 | $122K | 7.4% | 4.1% | 4% | B |
| 1,323 | Suffield OH | 1,126 | $62K | 8.4% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,324 | Bass River Township NJ | 1,408 | $76K | 5.8% | 4.0% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Genoa, the top three, the last and three more from Nevada.
How Genoa compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Genoa’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 Genoa: questions
What is the median household income in Genoa?
$121,981 (±$26,960) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Genoa?
7.4%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Genoa?
17 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Nevada and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Genoa work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carson City (19%, 10 mi), Reno (19%, 36 mi), Minden (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Genoa walkable?
Genoa is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Genoa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Genoa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Genoa
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.