Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0About half of Verdi’s working residents commute to Reno
Verdi grades A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 3.0% of residents are in poverty (Nevada 12.4%). Working residents average 23 minutes each way; Nevada averages 25, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Verdi, in brief
Verdi makes and builds things
57% of the jobs based in Verdi are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Verdi residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Verdi workers cross into California
22% of Verdi workers work outside Nevada, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Truckee (10%), Dollar Point (1%) and Sunnyside-Tahoe City (1%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
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; with 719 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Verdi’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Verdi is better than 79% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($80,670, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (6.4%) is left out: Verdi’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Verdi could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
The towns that employ Verdi’s residents
Where Verdi clocks in
50% of workers
10% 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.
57% of the jobs in Verdi make or build things
487 jobs are based in Verdi.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Verdi, 2013 → 2023: 421 → 487. 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 Verdi’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Verdi
On a workday 705 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 473 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in Verdi on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.68 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 2023, primary jobs.
About 23 minutes each way, about the NV average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Verdi workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 405 commuters (the 13% 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 Verdi commutes less than 12 miles
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.
Most trips from Verdi start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Verdi is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 466 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.1% of Verdi households have no vehicle (Nevada 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Verdi’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Verdi comes 290th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 52 | Mogul NV | 1,050 | $145K | 2.3% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
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| 288 | Wheatland Township MN | 1,307 | $114K | 7.0% | 2.7% | 1% | A− |
| 289 | Biglick Township OH | 1,137 | $103K | 3.4% | 4.4% | 1% | A− |
| 290 | Verdi NV | 1,012 | $81K | 3.0% | 6.4% | 2% | A− |
| 291 | Langola Township MN | 1,025 | $114K | 5.4% | 2.8% | <1% | A− |
| 292 | Merrimac WI | 1,296 | $109K | 4.2% | 3.4% | 3% | A− |
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| 473 | Osino NV | 1,341 | $93K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
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| 584 | East Valley NV | 1,283 | $125K | 4.9% | 3.7% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Verdi, the top three, the last and three more from Nevada.
The towns next door employ 50% of Verdi
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Reno. Darker towns draw more of Verdi’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 Verdi: questions
What is the median household income in Verdi?
$80,670 (±$56,402) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Verdi?
3.0%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Verdi?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Nevada and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Verdi work?
2% work in town.
Is Verdi walkable?
Verdi is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Verdi without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Verdi, from the people who make the trip.
More of Verdi
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.