Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0A job hub: Minden has 2.3 jobs per working resident, and 2,836 people come in to work
Jobs and income earn Minden B; getting around on foot earns it A. There are 3,148 jobs in Minden, against 1,384 working residents. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 0.5 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 9.1 in Las Vegas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Minden in brief
Minden is where the jobs are
Minden has 3,148 jobs, 2.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 5,500 people are in town, 48% more than the 3,700 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Minden are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 25 across Nevada. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Nevada worker. Time on the road ↓
Nearly all the work in Minden is services
91% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 4% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
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.
The figures behind Minden’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Minden is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #11 of 42 in Nevada. Unemployment holds Minden’s grade up (2.1%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% 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, Minden could be anywhere from C− to A−.
A workday in Minden: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,072 residents head out to work and 312 work right here.
About 5,500 people are in Minden on a workday afternoon, 48% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Minden: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Minden workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,473 commuters (the 9% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Minden
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Minden, 2013 → 2023: 2,922 → 3,148. 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 Minden’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip into Minden
Where Minden clocks in
16% of workers
11% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Minden
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.
In Minden, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Minden is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns, #4 of 42 in Nevada. Both inputs place Minden 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 1,617 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 59% 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). 5.8% of Minden households have no vehicle (Nevada 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Minden’s commuters take a bus or train.
Minden is 1,791st of 4,318 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,760 | Washoe Valley NV | 3,315 | $123K | 5.8% | 6.8% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,789 | Lower Towamensing Township PA | 3,113 | $69K | 8.8% | 3.0% | 4% | B |
| 1,790 | Berlin VT | 2,948 | $87K | 10.9% | 2.9% | 14% | B |
| 1,791 | Minden NV | 3,707 | $100K | 13.3% | 2.1% | 23% | B |
| 1,792 | Mount Hood Villages OR | 4,703 | $92K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 9% | B |
| 1,793 | New Lebanon OH | 3,870 | $70K | 21.9% | 1.0% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,524 | Ely NV | 3,946 | $78K | 7.6% | 3.9% | 61% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,591 | West Wendover NV | 4,576 | $49K | 7.4% | 1.0% | 71% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Minden, the top three, the last and three more from Nevada.
How Minden compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Gardnerville (7%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Minden workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minden | – | B | A | 15 min | $99,904 |
| Gardnerville | 7% | C+ | A | 22 min | $62,267 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Minden’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 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 Minden: questions
What is the median household income in Minden?
$99,904 (±$30,735) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Minden?
13.3%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Minden?
15 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Nevada and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Minden work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carson City (16%, 13 mi), Reno (11%, 41 mi), Gardnerville (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Minden walkable?
Minden is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.9 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Minden without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Minden, from the people who make the trip.
More of Minden
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.