Photo: Kelapstick · CC BY-SA 3.0Silver Springs has higher unemployment (11.0%) than 96% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Silver Springs D−; getting around on foot earns it C. Household incomes here are lower than in 89% of U.S. towns. Only 3% stay in Silver Springs for work; outside it, Reno is the main destination (20%, 36 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Silver Springs at work: what stands out
Silver Springs is a place people come home to
There are 259 jobs based in Silver Springs, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Silver Springs has about 2,800 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Silver Springs’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Silver Springs is Reno, 36 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (491) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Silver Springs workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 25 across Nevada. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Silver Springs workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 12% across Nevada. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Silver Springs’ Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Silver Springs is better than 2% of U.S. towns, #42 of 42 in Nevada. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Silver Springs’ grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Silver Springs could be anywhere from D− to D.
How a workday changes Silver Springs
On a workday 2,411 residents head out to work, 76 work right here, and 183 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Silver Springs on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
0.10 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Near or far: the trip to work from Silver Springs
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Silver Springs’ commute takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Silver Springs workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,636 commuters (the 4% 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.
Commuting out of Silver Springs: the destinations
Where Silver Springs clocks in
20% of workers
12% 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.
Goods, not services: 32% of the jobs in Silver Springs
259 jobs are based in Silver Springs.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Silver Springs, 2014 → 2024: 307 → 259. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Silver Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Silver Springs start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Silver Springs is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns, #37 of 42 in Nevada. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.6% across Nevada, on an EPA index of 3.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,711 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). 3.3% of Silver Springs households have no vehicle (Nevada 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Silver Springs’ commuters take a bus or train.
Silver Springs and other U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 597 | Johnson Lane NV | 6,467 | $121K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,165 | Nellis AFB NV | 5,087 | $69K | 3.6% | 27.8% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,689 | Minden NV | 3,707 | $100K | 13.3% | 2.1% | 21% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,713 | San Joaquin CA | 3,688 | $43K | 41.0% | 19.3% | 5% | D− |
| 3,714 | Kelseyville CA | 4,011 | $46K | 23.1% | 12.3% | 12% | D− |
| 3,715 | Silver Springs NV | 5,060 | $49K | 19.6% | 11.0% | 3% | D− |
| 3,716 | Winnsboro LA | 4,566 | $36K | 43.5% | 10.9% | 31% | D− |
| 3,717 | Louisville MS | 5,921 | $37K | 39.3% | 10.3% | 38% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,758 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Silver Springs, 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 2024, 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 Silver Springs: questions
What is the median household income in Silver Springs?
$48,944 (±$10,806) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Silver Springs?
19.6%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Silver Springs?
34 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Nevada and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Silver Springs work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reno (20%, 36 mi), Carson City (12%, 33 mi), Sparks (9%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Silver Springs walkable?
Silver Springs is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Silver Springs without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Silver Springs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Silver Springs
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.