Work & commute · Alamo

Work & commute in Alamo, NV

Most working residents leave Alamo for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Pioche (18%), Caliente (10%) and Paradise (9%). Half commute less than 56 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

32 of 240 working residents

Typical commute

56 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 208 Alamo residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alamo.

208live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

166work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alamo goes to work

Pioche56.1 mi away

18%43

Alamo (in town)right here

13%32

Caliente41.4 mi away

10%24

Paradise89.1 mi away

9%21

Las Vegas79.2 mi away

8%20

Panaca50.7 mi away

5%11

Henderson95.1 mi away

3%6

Enterprise94.6 mi away

3%6

North Las Vegas75.2 mi away

2%5

St. George, UT90 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%67

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

How far

How far Alamo commutes

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

14%

12%

73%

14%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

73%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alamo is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Alamo are

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

Jobs based in Alamo

198 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Alamo residents hold

240 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+175%

Jobs based in Alamo, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 198. 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.