Walking Box Ranch · Photo: Mindrangerdon · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Searchlight commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Only 5% work in Searchlight; the top destination outside it is Las Vegas (19%, 57 miles). There are 50 jobs in Searchlight, against 125 working residents. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 12% for Nevada as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Searchlight for work, and who comes in
On a workday 119 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Searchlight on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
The towns that employ Searchlight’s residents
Where Searchlight clocks in
19% 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.
Most jobs in Searchlight are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Searchlight, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 50. 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 Searchlight’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Searchlight
of Searchlight workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 64 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 Searchlight commutes
About 33% 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 Searchlight: questions
What is the median household income in Searchlight?
$49,766 (±$28,777) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Searchlight?
20.3%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Searchlight work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Las Vegas (19%, 57 mi), Paradise (6%, 45 mi), North Las Vegas (5%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Searchlight without a car?
50% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Searchlight, from the people who make the trip.
More of Searchlight
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.