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Work & commute in Crystal Bay · A job hub

Every workday, about 130 people come to Crystal Bay for work

Most working residents leave Crystal Bay for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Incline Village (35%), Reno (21%) and Truckee (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Work in town
1%
1 of 80 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
100%
More than NV (12%)
Jobs based here
134
A job hub

What kind of work town is Crystal Bay?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Time on the road

Working from home in Crystal Bay

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
100%

of Crystal Bay workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.

About 10 in 10
Next door

35% of Crystal Bay works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Incline Village (35%). Darker towns draw more of Crystal Bay’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

Day and night

Crystal Bay fills up on a workday

On a workday 79 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere.

79live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
133work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night130
Workday190
130live here− 79head out to work+ 130come in to work= 190on a workday

About 190 people are in Crystal Bay on a workday afternoon, 41% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.68jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Crystal Bay’s workers come from

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Angels: 1 workers live here (1%)Daly CitySouth Lake Tahoe: 1 workers live here (1%)RosevilleTruckeeSparks: 6 workers live here (4%)Reno: 26 workers live here (19%)Carson: 16 workers live here (12%)Kings BeachSunnyside-Tahoe CityMeadow Vista: 2 workers live here (1%)Crystal BayIndian Hills: 3 workers live here (2%)Incline Village: 42 workers live here (31%)ParadiseSpring Valley: 2 workers live here (1%)Spanish Springs: 2 workers live here (1%)Incline VillageRenoCarsonSparksIndian HillsMeadow VistaCrystal Bay
1
Incline Village3.9 mi away
31%42
2
Reno23.4 mi away
19%26
3
Carson14.7 mi away
12%16
4
Sparks28.2 mi away
4%6
5
Indian Hills14.6 mi away
2%3
61%2
7
Spring Valley337.7 mi away
1%2
8
Spanish Springs34.3 mi away
1%2
9
Angels, CA85.5 mi away
1%1
101%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
25%33
The top trips

Where Crystal Bay clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

How far

Half of Crystal Bay commutes less than 13 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miIncline Village: 35% · 3.9 miReno: 21% · 23.4 miTruckee: 5% · 13.2 miSparks: 4% · 28.2 miParadise: 4% · 343.5 miCarson: 3% · 14.7 miSunnyside-Tahoe City: 3% · 10.7 miDaly City: 1% · 170.1 miSouth Lake Tahoe: 1% · 21 miRoseville: 1% · 77.6 miIncline Village 35%Reno 21%Truckee 5%Sparks 4%Paradise 4%Crystal Bay
Crystal BayTop destinations (size = commuters)
41%Under 10 mi30 residents
40%10–24 mi29 residents
7%25–50 mi5 residents
12%Over 50 mi9 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in Crystal BayJobs Crystal Bay residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms11%6%
Trade, transport & utilities2%20%
Services: health, schools, offices87%74%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less7%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%24%
Over $3,333 a month62%64%

Who does it

29 or younger11%19%
30 to 5454%56%
55 and older35%25%
−51%

Jobs based in Crystal Bay, 2013 → 2023: 271 → 134. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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