Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0At 9.0%, unemployment in Hawthorne is higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
For 2% of workers, the job is at home, next to 12% for Nevada as a whole. The two grades for Hawthorne are D for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in three work in Hawthorne; the top destination outside it is Tonopah (12%, 82 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Hawthorne stands out on work
Hawthorne’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hawthorne is Tonopah, 82 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (113) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
52% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Most jobs in Hawthorne go to people who live here
Of the 663 jobs based in Hawthorne, 50% are held by Hawthorne residents. In most towns, people from elsewhere hold most of the local jobs. Day and night ↓
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 982 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Hawthorne’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hawthorne is better than 10% of U.S. towns, #39 of 42 in Nevada. Household income holds Hawthorne’s grade up ($67,300, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hawthorne could be anywhere from D− to B.
Near or far: the trip to work from Hawthorne
About 52% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Hawthorne
On a workday 653 residents head out to work, 329 work right here, and 334 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Hawthorne on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.68 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Hawthorne goes to work
Where Hawthorne clocks in
12% of workers
5% 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.
In Hawthorne, services account for most jobs
663 jobs are based in Hawthorne.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hawthorne, 2013 → 2023: 639 → 663. 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 Hawthorne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Hawthorne, about 13 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hawthorne workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,009 commuters (the 2% 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.
In Hawthorne, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hawthorne is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns, #27 of 42 in Nevada. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 15.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.6% across Nevada, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,031 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.7% of Hawthorne households have no vehicle (Nevada 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hawthorne’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Hawthorne is 4,162nd of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,393 | Kingsbury NV | 2,209 | $96K | 1.1% | 4.5% | 16% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,761 | Washoe Valley NV | 3,315 | $123K | 5.8% | 6.8% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,790 | Minden NV | 3,707 | $100K | 13.3% | 2.1% | 23% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,160 | Sidney Township MI | 2,651 | $60K | 14.7% | 8.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,161 | Hancock NY | 2,717 | $62K | 13.0% | 7.7% | 28% | D |
| 4,162 | Hawthorne NV | 2,809 | $67K | 14.5% | 9.0% | 34% | D |
| 4,163 | Orchard City CO | 3,299 | $56K | 21.5% | 4.7% | 7% | D |
| 4,164 | Calais ME | 3,083 | $64K | 21.4% | 5.8% | 44% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Hawthorne, the top three, the last and three more from Nevada.
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 Hawthorne: questions
What is the median household income in Hawthorne?
$67,300 (±$21,892) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hawthorne?
14.5%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hawthorne?
13 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Nevada and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hawthorne work?
34% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tonopah (12%, 82 mi), Reno (5%, 96 mi), Carson City (2%, 74 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hawthorne walkable?
Hawthorne is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 15% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hawthorne without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hawthorne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hawthorne
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.