Photo: Ken Lund from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Sutcliffe has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 48 jobs in Sutcliffe; 84 of its residents have a job. Only 4% stay in Sutcliffe for work; outside it, Fernley is the main destination (17%, 35 miles). At 25 minutes each way, commutes from Sutcliffe run about the Nevada average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sutcliffe quiets down on a workday
On a workday 81 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Sutcliffe on a workday afternoon, 13% 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.
Out of Sutcliffe to work: where people go
Where Sutcliffe clocks in
17% 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.
What Sutcliffe’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sutcliffe, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 48. 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 Sutcliffe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Sutcliffe
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sutcliffe workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 93 commuters (the 6% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Sutcliffe
About 22% 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 Sutcliffe: questions
What is the median household income in Sutcliffe?
$31,202 (±$2,140) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sutcliffe?
32.3%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sutcliffe?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Nevada and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sutcliffe work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fernley (17%, 35 mi), Nixon (17%, 16 mi), Sparks (8%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sutcliffe without a car?
0% 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 Sutcliffe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sutcliffe
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.