Photo: Rmvisuals · CC BY-SA 4.0At 7.6%, unemployment in Spring Valley is higher than in 86% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 23 minutes getting to work on average, where Nevada has 25 and the U.S. 26. The two grades for Spring Valley are B− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. About one in seven work in Spring Valley; the top destination outside it is Paradise (33%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Spring Valley, in brief
Much of Spring Valley works one town over
64% of working residents work in a town that borders Spring Valley: Paradise (33%), Las Vegas (22%) and Enterprise (7%). Next door ↓
Most Spring Valley residents work close to home
76% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. Only 5% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Spring Valley has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Spring Valley went from 45,249 in 2013 to 79,874 in 2023, +77%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Spring Valley
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Spring Valley is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #17 of 42 in Nevada. Job access by car holds Spring Valley’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Spring Valley could be anywhere from C+ to B−.
Where in the region Spring Valley works
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 work there is in Spring Valley: 79,874 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Valley, 2013 → 2023: 45,249 → 79,874. 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 Spring Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Spring Valley on a workday
On a workday 88,349 residents head out to work, 13,241 work right here, and 66,633 people come in from elsewhere.
About 197,000 people are in Spring Valley on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).
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 out of Spring Valley: the destinations
Where Spring Valley clocks in
33% of workers
22% of workers
7% 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.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Spring Valley
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Valley workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 95,897 commuters (the 14% 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.
Spring Valley is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.6% across Nevada.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 111,578 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 88% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 24% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 10.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 94% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.6% of Spring Valley households have no vehicle (Nevada 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Spring Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
These are town averages; neighborhoods differ.
Out of 116 U.S. towns of 153,000 to 296,000, Spring Valley comes 66th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Hempstead NY | 238,982 | $158K | 4.5% | 4.1% | 20% | A |
| 2 | Frisco TX | 236,955 | $150K | 3.6% | 4.6% | 14% | A |
| 3 | Huntington NY | 205,891 | $168K | 5.0% | 4.3% | 23% | A |
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| 39 | Enterprise NV | 240,464 | $98K | 8.7% | 6.1% | 11% | B+ |
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| 63 | Reno NV | 283,621 | $81K | 12.6% | 5.1% | 63% | B− |
| 64 | Amarillo TX | 205,130 | $66K | 15.8% | 3.4% | 65% | B− |
| 65 | Port St. Lucie FL | 268,062 | $81K | 9.5% | 6.0% | 17% | B− |
| 66 | Spring Valley NV | 219,187 | $75K | 12.2% | 7.6% | 13% | B− |
| 67 | Glendale AZ | 260,572 | $74K | 15.1% | 5.6% | 11% | B− |
| 68 | Ramapo NY | 161,564 | $82K | 26.5% | 5.5% | 34% | B− |
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| 96 | Paradise NV | 185,913 | $59K | 17.6% | 9.8% | 37% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | Macon-Bibb County GA | 157,556 | $51K | 24.7% | 8.1% | 53% | 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 Spring Valley, the top three, the last and three more from Nevada.
Spring Valley and its neighbors: 64% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Valley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley | – | B− | A− | 23 min | $74,511 |
| Enterprise | 7% | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $98,462 |
| Las Vegas | 22% | B− | A | 26 min | $73,877 |
| Summerlin South | 2% | A | B | 23 min | $117,035 |
| Paradise | 33% | C | A+ | 23 min | $59,190 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Paradise. Darker towns draw more of Spring Valley’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Spring Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Valley?
$74,511 (±$1,547) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Valley?
12.2%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Valley?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Nevada and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Valley work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paradise (33%, 7 mi), Las Vegas (22%, 10 mi), Enterprise (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Spring Valley walkable?
Spring Valley is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 13.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Spring Valley without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 24% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Valley
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.