Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0Nevada’s household incomes are higher than in 88% of U.S. towns
Only 3% work in Nevada itself; outside it, Dallas draws the most (17%, 28 miles). Poverty touches 4.9% of residents; Texas has 13.8%. The two grades for Nevada are A+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Nevada
Nevada workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 48 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 368 hours of commuting, 161 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Jobs in Nevada have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Nevada went from 340 in 2013 to 701 in 2023, +106%. The jobs ↓
Nevada’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Nevada is Dallas, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (144) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 853 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Nevada’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Nevada is better than 95% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Nevada’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Nevada’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Nevada could be anywhere from A− to A+.
About 48 minutes to work from Nevada
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nevada workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 528 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Nevada
701 jobs are based in Nevada.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nevada, 2013 → 2023: 340 → 701. 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.
Where in the region Nevada works
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.
The daily commute in and out of Nevada
On a workday 828 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 676 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Nevada on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
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 places Nevada commutes to
Where Nevada clocks in
7% 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.
Nevada is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Nevada is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 671 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). 18.3% of Nevada households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Nevada’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Nevada comes 168th 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 28 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 166 | Chatham Township MN | 1,388 | $159K | 2.7% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 167 | Keedysville MD | 1,225 | $150K | 2.4% | 4.9% | 1% | A+ |
| 168 | Nevada TX | 1,522 | $120K | 4.9% | 2.5% | 3% | A+ |
| 169 | Payne Township KS | 1,375 | $104K | 1.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 170 | Spencer Township OH | 1,873 | $105K | 1.5% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Nevada, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
How Nevada compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Nevada’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 Nevada: questions
What is the median household income in Nevada?
$119,750 (±$36,850) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nevada?
4.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nevada?
48 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nevada work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (17%, 28 mi), Plano (8%, 22 mi), Richardson (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Nevada walkable?
Nevada is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nevada without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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. 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.