Photo: Patrick Nouhailler's… · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Topaz Lake
About one in seven work in Topaz Lake; the top destination outside it is Reno (14%, 61 miles). Working residents average 43 minutes each way, where Nevada has 25 and the U.S. 26. There are 99 jobs in Topaz Lake, and 65 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Topaz Lake on a workday afternoon
On a workday 57 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Topaz Lake on a workday afternoon, 11% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting in to Topaz Lake: where workers come from
Where Topaz Lake clocks in
14% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Topaz Lake
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Topaz Lake, 2014 → 2024: 84 → 99. 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 Topaz Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Topaz Lake: about 43 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Topaz Lake workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 139 commuters (the 15% 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.
Half of Topaz Lake commutes less than 32 miles
About 39% 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 2024.
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 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 Topaz Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Topaz Lake?
$75,000 (±$61,889) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Topaz Lake?
24.2%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Topaz Lake?
43 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Nevada and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Topaz Lake work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reno (14%, 61 mi), Carson City (6%, 33 mi), Sparks (5%, 61 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Topaz Lake without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Topaz Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Topaz Lake
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.