Indian Hills has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 21 minutes each way; Nevada averages 25, the U.S. 26. Employers in Indian Hills report 1,545 jobs, and 2,898 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Indian Hills are C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Indian Hills stands out on work
Indian Hills and Carson City trade workers both ways
Carson City is the top workplace for Indian Hills residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Indian Hills come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
50% of the jobs in Indian Hills are in trade, transport and utilities, against 18% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Indian Hills
67% of Indian Hills residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Indian Hills pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
36% of the jobs based in Indian Hills are held by workers 29 or younger, against 19% of Indian Hills’ own working residents. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Indian Hills: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Indian Hills is better than 43% of U.S. towns, #20 of 42 in Nevada. Household income holds Indian Hills’ grade up ($78,278, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 36% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Indian Hills could be anywhere from C− to B+.
30% of working residents work in Carson City
Where Indian Hills clocks in
30% of workers
15% of workers
6% 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.
What Indian Hills’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Indian Hills, 2014 → 2024: 1,228 → 1,545. 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 Indian Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Indian Hills on a workday
On a workday 2,789 residents head out to work, 109 work right here, and 1,436 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,200 people are in Indian Hills on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 2024, primary jobs.
A commute of about 21 minutes in Indian Hills
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Indian Hills workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,136 commuters (the 12% 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 far Indian Hills’ workers travel
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.
The commute in Indian Hills is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Indian Hills is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #32 of 42 in Nevada. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.6% across Nevada, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,417 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 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 50% 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). 2.8% of Indian Hills households have no vehicle (Nevada 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Indian Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
Indian Hills is 2,144th of 3,502 U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 578 | Johnson Lane NV | 6,467 | $121K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 1% | A |
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| 1,115 | Nellis AFB NV | 5,087 | $69K | 3.6% | 27.8% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,976 | Moapa Valley NV | 6,684 | $89K | 5.8% | 4.1% | 14% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,142 | Tyrone Township MI | 5,262 | $70K | 6.3% | 12.3% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,143 | Vienna NY | 5,130 | $83K | 10.8% | 4.2% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,144 | Indian Hills NV | 5,527 | $78K | 9.7% | 4.9% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,145 | Gas City IN | 6,081 | $56K | 16.8% | 2.0% | 17% | C+ |
| 2,146 | Lowell NC | 3,939 | $53K | 17.4% | 3.7% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,502 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Indian Hills, the top three, the last and three more from Nevada.
Bordering towns draw 30% of Indian Hills’ workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Indian Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Hills | – | C+ | B− | 21 min | $78,278 |
| Johnson Lane | under 2% | A | C+ | 23 min | $121,458 |
| Carson City | 30% | C+ | A− | 21 min | $72,355 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Carson City. Darker towns draw more of Indian Hills’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 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 Indian Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Indian Hills?
$78,278 (±$5,841) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Indian Hills?
9.7%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Indian Hills?
21 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Nevada and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Indian Hills work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carson City (30%, 5 mi), Reno (15%, 32 mi), Minden (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Indian Hills walkable?
Indian Hills is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Indian Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Indian Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Indian Hills
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. 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.