Photo: Tedder · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in Lovelock trail those of 95% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Lovelock; the top destination outside it is Winnemucca (13%, 67 miles). Below the poverty line: 25.6% of residents; Nevada has 12.4%. The two grades for Lovelock are D− for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lovelock and work: the main findings
Lovelock’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Lovelock is Winnemucca, 67 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (61) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
54% 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 ↓
Commutes from Lovelock are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 25 across Nevada. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Nevada worker. Time on the road ↓
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 464 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Lovelock’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Lovelock is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Lovelock’s grade.
Unemployment (9.2%) is left out: Lovelock’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lovelock could be anywhere from D− to D.
The distance from Lovelock to work
About 54% 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 trip from Lovelock: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lovelock workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 479 commuters (the 6% 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.
Who commutes out of Lovelock, and who commutes in
On a workday 372 residents head out to work, 92 work right here, and 508 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).
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 Lovelock goes to work
Where Lovelock clocks in
13% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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 work there is in Lovelock: 600 jobs
600 jobs are based in Lovelock.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lovelock, 2013 → 2023: 577 → 600. 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 Lovelock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Lovelock is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lovelock is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lovelock near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 511 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). 10.1% of Lovelock households have no vehicle (Nevada 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lovelock’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Lovelock sits among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,177 | Osino NV | 1,341 | $93K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,417 | East Valley NV | 1,283 | $125K | 4.9% | 3.7% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,418 | Kingsbury NV | 2,209 | $96K | 1.1% | 4.5% | 16% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,986 | Slater MO | 1,824 | $39K | 34.0% | 1.9% | 21% | D− |
| 5,987 | Houston MO | 2,281 | $40K | 30.0% | 8.8% | 32% | D− |
| 5,988 | Lovelock NV | 1,771 | $42K | 25.6% | 9.2% | 20% | D− |
| 5,989 | Jellico TN | 2,126 | $41K | 27.7% | 13.1% | 14% | D− |
| 5,990 | Charlotte TX | 1,653 | $29K | 36.4% | 5.8% | 8% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Lovelock, 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 Lovelock: questions
What is the median household income in Lovelock?
$42,074 (±$14,372) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lovelock?
25.6%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lovelock?
18 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Nevada and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lovelock work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winnemucca (13%, 67 mi), Reno (4%, 85 mi), Sparks (3%, 78 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lovelock walkable?
Lovelock is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.5 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lovelock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lovelock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lovelock
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.