Photo: User:OHWiki · Public domainNevada has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers (Ohio 13%). There are 20 jobs in Nevada, against 355 working residents. Hardly any work in Nevada; the top destination outside it is Upper Sandusky (24%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Nevada stands out on work
Nevada is a place people come home to
There are 20 jobs based in Nevada, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Nevada has about 360 people in it, 48% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Nevada workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 355 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Nevada: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 353 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Nevada on a workday afternoon, 48% 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.
The trip to work from Nevada: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nevada workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 389 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where the trip to work from Nevada ends
Where Nevada clocks in
24% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Nevada
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nevada, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 20. 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 Nevada’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Nevada commutes less than 17 miles
About 27% 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 Nevada: questions
What is the median household income in Nevada?
$67,955 (±$16,402) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nevada?
14.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nevada?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nevada work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Upper Sandusky (24%, 7 mi), Bucyrus (6%, 8 mi), Salem Township (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Nevada without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nevada, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nevada
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.