Photo: Stan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, income and commuting in Goodsprings, NV
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Nevada as a whole has 12%. Hardly any stay in Goodsprings for work; outside it, Las Vegas is the main destination (33%, 29 miles). There are 33 jobs in Goodsprings, against 48 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Goodsprings
On a workday 48 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 33 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.
0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Goodsprings: the destinations
Where Goodsprings clocks in
33% of workers
10% 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.
Jobs in Goodsprings: what the 33 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Goodsprings, 2014 → 2024: 298 → 33. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Goodsprings’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Goodsprings
of Goodsprings workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 67 commuters (the 0% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Goodsprings
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
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 2024, 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 Goodsprings: questions
What is the median household income in Goodsprings?
$25,615 (±$3,461) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Goodsprings?
0.0%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Goodsprings work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Las Vegas (33%, 29 mi), Sandy Valley (10%, 11 mi), Enterprise (10%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Goodsprings 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 Goodsprings, from the people who make the trip.
More of Goodsprings
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.