Work & commute · Battle Mountain

Work & commute in Battle Mountain, NV

About one in 3 of Battle Mountain’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Elko (7%), Reno (4%) and Sparks (3%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

575 of 1,606 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,031 Battle Mountain residents head out of town to work, 575 work right here, and 986 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Battle Mountain.

1,031live here, work elsewhere

575live and work here

986work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Battle Mountain goes to work

Battle Mountain (in town)right here

36%575

Elko63.5 mi away

7%107

Reno170.5 mi away

4%63

Sparks163.3 mi away

3%55

Winnemucca46.8 mi away

3%53

Carlin44.5 mi away

3%47

Carson180 mi away

2%25

Lovelock86.2 mi away

0%8

Ely144.9 mi away

0%8

Fallon125.4 mi away

0%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%658

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

How far

How far Battle Mountain commutes

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

39%

23%

38%

39%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Battle Mountain is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Battle Mountain are

1,561 jobs are based in Battle Mountain. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Battle Mountain’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Battle Mountain

1,561 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Battle Mountain residents hold

1,606 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−40%

Jobs based in Battle Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 2,600 → 1,561. 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.