Work & commute · Boulder

Work & commute in Boulder, NV

Most working residents leave Boulder for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Las Vegas (21%), Henderson (17%) and Paradise (15%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

1,205 of 6,286 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,081 Boulder residents head out of town to work, 1,205 work right here, and 2,612 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boulder.

5,081live here, work elsewhere

1,205live and work here

2,612work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boulder goes to work

Las Vegas32.7 mi away

21%1,302

Boulder City (in town)right here

19%1,205

Henderson12.1 mi away

17%1,088

Paradise20.4 mi away

15%960

North Las Vegas31.7 mi away

4%280

Enterprise20.6 mi away

4%241

Spring Valley25.7 mi away

4%234

Sunrise Manor23.7 mi away

2%120

Winchester23.2 mi away

2%95

Reno371.4 mi away

1%87

Everywhere elseother towns and states

11%674

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

How far

How far Boulder commutes

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

25%

57%

10%

25%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boulder is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boulder are

3,817 jobs are based in Boulder. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boulder’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Boulder

3,817 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Boulder residents hold

6,286 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−14%

Jobs based in Boulder, 2013 → 2023: 4,445 → 3,817. 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.