Bristol Wells Town Site · Photo: David Syzdek · CC BY 2.0Most of Mount Wilson commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Mount Wilson has 1 jobs; 7 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Mount Wilson; the top destination outside it is Las Vegas (29%, 145 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Mount Wilson for work, and who comes in
On a workday 7 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
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 employ Mount Wilson’s residents
Where Mount Wilson clocks in
29% of workers
14% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Mount Wilson
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Mount Wilson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Mount Wilson
About 71% 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.
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 Mount Wilson: questions
Where do people who live in Mount Wilson work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Las Vegas (29%, 145 mi), Pioche (29%, 20 mi), Rachel (14%, 83 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Wilson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Wilson
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.