Photo: Ymblanter · CC BY-SA 3.0Moapa Town has 2.0 jobs for every working resident: 480 people commute in to work
5% of workers have no commute at all, where Nevada as a whole has 12%. There are 483 jobs in Moapa Town for 247 working residents. Only 1% work in Moapa Town itself; outside it, Las Vegas draws the most (21%, 47 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Moapa Town: the gist
Moapa Town’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Moapa Town is Las Vegas, 47 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (51) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
51% 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 ↓
Moapa Town workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 45 minutes each way, against 25 across Nevada. Over a year that’s about 345 hours of commuting, 153 more than the state’s typical 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 247 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Moapa Town’s workers travel
About 51% 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 trip to work from Moapa Town: about 45 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moapa Town workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 303 commuters (the 5% 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 leaves Moapa Town for work, and who comes in
On a workday 244 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 1,200 people are in Moapa Town on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 towns that send workers to Moapa Town
Where Moapa Town clocks in
21% of workers
13% 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.
Moapa Town works in goods: 32% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moapa Town, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 483. 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 Moapa Town’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Moapa Town: questions
What is the median household income in Moapa Town?
$80,625 (±$65,373) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moapa Town?
16.6%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moapa Town?
45 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Nevada and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moapa Town work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Las Vegas (21%, 47 mi), Paradise (13%, 50 mi), North Las Vegas (7%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Moapa Town without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moapa Town, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moapa Town
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.