LDS Moapa Stake Office Building · Photo: Ymblanter · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Moapa Valley works elsewhere
About one in seven stay in Moapa Valley for work; outside it, Las Vegas is the main destination (23%, 52 miles). 787 jobs are based in Moapa Valley, and 1,776 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Moapa Valley are B− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Moapa Valley: the gist
Moapa Valley’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Moapa Valley is Las Vegas, 52 miles away as the crow flies. 23% of working residents (417) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Moapa Valley workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 25 across Nevada. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Moapa Valley has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Moapa Valley went from 412 in 2013 to 787 in 2023, +91%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
42% 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 Valley makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Moapa Valley are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Moapa Valley residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 16%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Moapa Valley’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Moapa Valley is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #16 of 42 in Nevada. The poverty rate holds Moapa Valley’s grade up (5.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Moapa Valley could be anywhere from C− to B+.
How far Moapa Valley goes to work
About 42% 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.
About 38 minutes each way for Moapa Valley’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moapa Valley workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,125 commuters (the 10% 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.
Making and building: 39% of jobs based in Moapa Valley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moapa Valley, 2013 → 2023: 412 → 787. 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 Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Moapa Valley
On a workday 1,539 residents head out to work, 237 work right here, and 550 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,700 people are in Moapa Valley on a workday afternoon, 15% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Moapa Valley: the destinations
Where Moapa Valley clocks in
23% of workers
13% of workers
9% 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.
Getting around Moapa Valley: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Moapa Valley is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns, #40 of 42 in Nevada. Both inputs place Moapa Valley 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 2,350 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 3.9% of Moapa Valley households have no vehicle (Nevada 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Moapa Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,867th of 3,201: where Moapa Valley ranks among U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,000
| # | 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 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 580 | Johnson Lane NV | 6,467 | $121K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,083 | Nellis AFB NV | 5,087 | $69K | 3.6% | 27.8% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,865 | Tipton IN | 5,263 | $60K | 17.7% | 1.7% | 22% | B− |
| 1,866 | Edgewood NM | 6,157 | $85K | 8.3% | 5.1% | 10% | B− |
| 1,867 | Moapa Valley NV | 6,684 | $89K | 5.8% | 4.1% | 13% | B− |
| 1,868 | Loomis CA | 7,004 | $81K | 13.5% | 6.4% | 6% | B− |
| 1,869 | Pass Christian MS | 6,459 | $78K | 8.4% | 5.6% | 10% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,022 | Indian Hills NV | 5,527 | $78K | 9.7% | 4.9% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,201 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Moapa Valley, 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 Moapa Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Moapa Valley?
$89,250 (±$17,969) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moapa Valley?
5.8%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moapa Valley?
38 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Nevada and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moapa Valley work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Las Vegas (23%, 52 mi), Mesquite (13%, 23 mi), Paradise (9%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Moapa Valley walkable?
Moapa Valley is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Moapa Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moapa Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moapa Valley
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.