Photo: Patrick Nouhailler's… · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Kingsbury has 2.1 jobs per working resident, and 1,199 people come in to work
For jobs and income Kingsbury is better than 66% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (A−). Employers in Kingsbury report 1,281 jobs, against 597 working residents. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 9.1 in Las Vegas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Kingsbury: the figures worth knowing
Many of the people who work in Kingsbury live in another state
South Lake Tahoe, CA (27%) and Meyers, CA (2%) are among the top places Kingsbury’s workers come from. Counting only the top ten home towns, 29% of the jobs here are held by people from out of state. The commute map ↓
Kingsbury is where the jobs are
Kingsbury has 1,281 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Kingsbury
31% of Kingsbury workers work from home, against 12% across Nevada. Time on the road ↓
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; with 597 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Kingsbury
The poverty rate holds Kingsbury’s grade up (1.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kingsbury could be anywhere from C to A.
Where Kingsbury’s workers come from
Where Kingsbury clocks in
13% of workers
12% 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.
Kingsbury by day and by night
On a workday 515 residents head out to work and 82 work right here.
About 2,900 people are in Kingsbury on a workday afternoon, 31% more 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.
Getting to work from Kingsbury takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kingsbury workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 965 commuters (the 31% 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.
The kinds of work in Kingsbury
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kingsbury, 2014 → 2024: 1,180 → 1,281. 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 Kingsbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Kingsbury
About 15% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Kingsbury is easy on foot, hard by bus
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.6% across Nevada, on an EPA index of 8.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,392 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 46% 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 4.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 83% 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). 3.0% of Kingsbury households have no vehicle (Nevada 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Kingsbury’s commuters take a bus or train.
Kingsbury next to U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000: 1,455th of 5,641 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,453 | Haverhill FL | 2,314 | $80K | 8.6% | 4.7% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,454 | Clay Township IN | 1,661 | $92K | 5.3% | 1.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,455 | Kingsbury NV | 2,209 | $96K | 1.1% | 4.5% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,456 | Bethlehem WV | 2,520 | $83K | 8.8% | 3.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,457 | Alaiedon Township MI | 2,933 | $94K | 7.4% | 5.7% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,588 | Sandy Valley NV | 1,742 | $58K | 5.8% | 13.2% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,308 | Ruhenstroth NV | 1,682 | $105K | 14.1% | 0.4% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,639 | Carlin NV | 2,011 | $61K | 6.5% | 1.6% | 17% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Kingsbury, the top three, the last and three more from Nevada.
20% of Kingsbury works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Stateline (17%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kingsbury workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsbury | – | B+ | A− | 26 min | $96,250 |
| Round Hill Village | 3% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Zephyr Cove | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Stateline | 17% | — | — | 8 min | — |
| Genoa | under 2% | B | B+ | 17 min | $121,981 |
| Skyland | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Round Hill Village, Zephyr Cove, Stateline and Skyland: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kingsbury’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 Kingsbury: questions
What is the median household income in Kingsbury?
$96,250 (±$42,398) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kingsbury?
1.1%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kingsbury?
26 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Nevada and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kingsbury work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stateline (17%, 4 mi), Reno (13%, 39 mi), South Lake Tahoe (12%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Kingsbury walkable?
Kingsbury is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kingsbury without a car?
4% 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 Kingsbury, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kingsbury
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.