Work & commute · Golden Valley

Work & commute in Golden Valley, NV

Most working residents leave Golden Valley for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Reno (60%), Sparks (13%) and Carson (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 801 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 799 Golden Valley residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Golden Valley.

799live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

104work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Golden Valley goes to work

Reno5 mi away

60%483

Sparks6.5 mi away

13%101

Carson32.4 mi away

4%29

Truckee, CA27.1 mi away

2%15

Paradise353.3 mi away

1%11

Las Vegas341.1 mi away

1%10

Spanish Springs8.6 mi away

1%8

Incline Village25 mi away

1%7

Sun Valley2.5 mi away

1%5

Nixon28.6 mi away

0%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%128

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

How far

How far Golden Valley commutes

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

67%

14%

10%

67%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Golden Valley is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Golden Valley are

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

Jobs based in Golden Valley

106 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Golden Valley residents hold

801 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+63%

Jobs based in Golden Valley, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 106. 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.