Work & commute · Blue Diamond

Work & commute in Blue Diamond, NV

Most working residents leave Blue Diamond for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Las Vegas (31%), Paradise (22%) and Henderson (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 122 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 120 Blue Diamond residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blue Diamond.

120live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blue Diamond goes to work

Las Vegas15.7 mi away

31%38

Paradise15.8 mi away

22%27

Henderson21.9 mi away

6%7

Enterprise10.6 mi away

6%7

Spring Valley9.2 mi away

5%6

North Las Vegas25 mi away

4%5

Sunrise Manor22.5 mi away

2%3

Mount Charleston19 mi away

2%3

Pahrump35 mi away

2%3

Los Angeles, CA219.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%21

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

How far

How far Blue Diamond commutes

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

12%

74%

10%

12%Under 10 mi

74%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blue Diamond is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.48 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Blue Diamond are

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

Jobs based in Blue Diamond

59 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Blue Diamond residents hold

122 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+195%

Jobs based in Blue Diamond, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 59. 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.