Work & commute · Nevada

Work & commute in Nevada, CA

Most working residents leave Nevada for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Grass Valley (20%), Sacramento (4%) and San Francisco (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

160 of 1,030 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 870 Nevada residents head out of town to work, 160 work right here, and 3,172 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nevada.

870live here, work elsewhere

160live and work here

3,172work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nevada goes to work

Grass Valley2.9 mi away

20%210

Nevada City (in town)right here

16%160

Sacramento53.2 mi away

4%39

San Francisco151.3 mi away

4%37

Roseville37.1 mi away

2%24

Reno, NV66.3 mi away

2%23

Rocklin33.4 mi away

1%15

North Auburn22.9 mi away

1%15

Chico54.2 mi away

1%13

San Jose142.1 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%483

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Nevada commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

48%

14%

33%

48%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nevada is a job hub

3.23jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Nevada are

3,332 jobs are based in Nevada. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nevada’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Nevada

3,332 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Nevada residents hold

1,030 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+17%

Jobs based in Nevada, 2013 → 2023: 2,838 → 3,332. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.