Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Yerington has 2.1 jobs for every working resident: 2,137 people commute in to work
Household incomes here are lower than in 77% of U.S. towns. Employers in Yerington report 2,616 jobs; 1,252 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Yerington is better than 30% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (A−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Yerington, in brief
Yerington’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Yerington is Reno, 57 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (133) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Yerington is where the jobs are
Yerington has 2,616 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,600 people are in town, 42% more than the 3,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
The biggest group of Yerington’s workers comes from Fernley
454 of the people who work in Yerington live in Fernley, 42 miles away, more than from any other town. 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.
The four measures behind Yerington’s grade
Unemployment holds Yerington’s grade up (2.7%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Yerington could be anywhere from D to B−.
Half of Yerington commutes less than 10 miles
About 16% 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.
Yerington on a workday afternoon
On a workday 773 residents head out to work and 479 work right here.
About 4,600 people are in Yerington on a workday afternoon, 42% more 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.
The daily trip into Yerington
Where Yerington clocks in
11% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Yerington
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Yerington, 2013 → 2023: 2,536 → 2,616. 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 Yerington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Yerington: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Yerington workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,334 commuters (the 5% 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.
Yerington is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.6% across Nevada, on an EPA index of 7.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,404 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). 5.3% of Yerington households have no vehicle (Nevada 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Yerington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Yerington is 3,146th among 4,453 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,744 | Washoe Valley NV | 3,315 | $123K | 5.8% | 6.8% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,774 | Minden NV | 3,707 | $100K | 13.3% | 2.1% | 23% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,556 | Ely NV | 3,946 | $78K | 7.6% | 3.9% | 61% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,144 | Swanton VT | 2,380 | $67K | 20.1% | 3.0% | 8% | C |
| 3,145 | Arcade NY | 4,193 | $62K | 11.4% | 3.5% | 22% | C |
| 3,146 | Yerington NV | 3,227 | $58K | 11.9% | 2.7% | 38% | C |
| 3,147 | Eagle Lake TX | 3,546 | $69K | 14.1% | 4.5% | 9% | C |
| 3,148 | Garland UT | 2,915 | $74K | 13.5% | 5.5% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Yerington, 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 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 Yerington: questions
What is the median household income in Yerington?
$57,980 (±$12,578) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Yerington?
11.9%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Yerington?
24 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Nevada and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Yerington work?
38% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reno (11%, 57 mi), Carson City (4%, 37 mi), Sparks (3%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Yerington walkable?
Yerington is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Yerington without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Yerington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yerington
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.