Work & commute · East Valley

Work & commute in East Valley, NV

Most working residents leave East Valley for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Minden (14%), Carson (12%) and Reno (11%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48 of 535 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 487 East Valley residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 1,098 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Valley.

487live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

1,098work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Valley goes to work

Minden4.2 mi away

14%75

Carson14.9 mi away

12%62

Reno42.8 mi away

11%57

East Valley (in town)right here

9%48

Gardnerville2.4 mi away

7%39

South Lake Tahoe, CA15.5 mi away

5%25

Sparks43.7 mi away

4%19

Gardnerville Ranchos4.4 mi away

2%11

Indian Hills11.7 mi away

2%10

Incline Village26.4 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%179

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

How far

How far East Valley commutes

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

43%

25%

18%

15%

43%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Valley is a job hub

2.14jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Valley are

1,146 jobs are based in East Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Valley

1,146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)82%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs East Valley residents hold

535 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+7%

Jobs based in East Valley, 2013 → 2023: 1,074 → 1,146. 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.