1938 Lincoln County Courthouse · Photo: Calvin Beale · Public domainHouseholds in Pioche have higher incomes than those in 66% of U.S. towns
Pioche grades C for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 14.1% of residents live below the poverty line (Nevada 12.4%). Home is the office for 36% of workers (Nevada 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Pioche, in brief
A big share show a job far from home
49% 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 ↓
A lot of Pioche works from home
36% of Pioche workers work from home, against 12% across Nevada. 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 255 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Pioche’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Pioche is better than 25% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Pioche’s grade up ($88,493, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (8.2%) is left out: Pioche’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Pioche could be anywhere from D to B.
Short hops and long hauls from Pioche
About 49% 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.
Working from home in Pioche
of Pioche workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 222 commuters (the 36% 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.
Pioche fills up on a workday
On a workday 176 residents head out to work, 79 work right here, and 314 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Pioche on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
1.5 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.
Commuting in to Pioche: where workers come from
Where Pioche clocks in
7% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Pioche
393 jobs are based in Pioche.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pioche, 2013 → 2023: 497 → 393. 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 Pioche’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Pioche: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pioche is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 18.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.6% across Nevada, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 348 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Pioche households have no vehicle (Nevada 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pioche’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pioche is 1,910th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Mogul NV | 1,050 | $145K | 2.3% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 290 | Verdi NV | 1,012 | $81K | 3.0% | 6.4% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 473 | Osino NV | 1,341 | $93K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,908 | Fremont NY | 1,147 | $67K | 8.3% | 0.0% | 3% | C |
| 1,909 | Covington Township PA | 1,019 | $70K | 9.3% | 5.5% | 5% | C |
| 1,910 | Pioche NV | 1,031 | $88K | 14.1% | 8.2% | 31% | C |
| 1,911 | Eustace TX | 1,143 | $68K | 12.9% | 0.8% | 13% | C |
| 1,912 | White Township PA | 1,290 | $56K | 27.5% | 1.8% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Pioche, 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 Pioche: questions
What is the median household income in Pioche?
$88,493 (±$23,257) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pioche?
14.1%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Pioche work?
31% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Las Vegas (7%, 127 mi), Panaca (6%, 12 mi), Caliente (5%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pioche walkable?
Pioche is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 18% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pioche 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 Pioche, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pioche
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.