Photo: Ikluft · CC BY-SA 3.0For more than half of its working residents, Gerlach is a commute to Reno
Gerlach has 136 jobs, and 58 of its residents work somewhere. For 50% of workers, the job is at home, where Nevada as a whole has 12%. Hardly any work in Gerlach itself; outside it, Reno draws the most (53%, 80 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Gerlach, and who commutes in
On a workday 58 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Gerlach on a workday afternoon, 134% more than live here.
2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting in to Gerlach: where workers come from
Where Gerlach clocks in
53% of workers
17% of workers
2% 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.
Most jobs in Gerlach are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gerlach, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 136. 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 Gerlach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Gerlach
of Gerlach workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 29 commuters (the 50% 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.
Miles to work from Gerlach
About 100% 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 Gerlach: questions
What is the poverty rate in Gerlach?
50.0%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Gerlach work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Gerlach 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 Gerlach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gerlach
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.