Photo: Dicklyon · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Imlay commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Imlay for work; outside it, Reno is the main destination (17%, 118 miles). 2 jobs are based in Imlay; 46 of its residents have a job. For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Nevada has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Imlay quiets down on a workday
On a workday 46 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Imlay on a workday afternoon, 11% 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.
The towns that employ Imlay’s residents
Where Imlay clocks in
17% of workers
15% of workers
7% 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.
Imlay is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Imlay, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 2. 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 Imlay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Imlay
of Imlay workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 172 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.
How many miles Imlay commutes
About 47% 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 Imlay: questions
What is the median household income in Imlay?
$39,551 (±$36,896) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Imlay?
22.6%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Imlay work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reno (17%, 118 mi), Lovelock (15%, 38 mi), Winnemucca (7%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Imlay 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 Imlay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Imlay
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.