Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and earnings in Orovada, and the trip to work
0% of workers have no commute at all, against 12% across Nevada. Only 3% stay in Orovada for work; outside it, Winnemucca is the main destination (28%, 41 miles). Orovada has 62 jobs for 36 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Orovada for work, and who comes in
On a workday 35 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Orovada on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Orovada, and from where
Where Orovada clocks in
28% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Goods, not services: 65% of the jobs in Orovada
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orovada, 2013 → 2023: 511 → 62. 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 Orovada’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Orovada
of Orovada workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 40 commuters (the 0% 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.
How many miles Orovada commutes
About 46% 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 Orovada: questions
What is the median household income in Orovada?
$54,643 (±$22,856) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orovada?
0.0%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Orovada work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winnemucca (28%, 41 mi), Reno (8%, 174 mi), Carson City (8%, 194 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Orovada without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Orovada, from the people who make the trip.
More of Orovada
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.