Work & commute · Hawthorne

Work & commute in Hawthorne, NV

About one in 3 of Hawthorne’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Tonopah (12%), Reno (5%) and Carson (2%). Half commute less than 60 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

329 of 982 working residents

Typical commute

60 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 653 Hawthorne residents head out of town to work, 329 work right here, and 334 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hawthorne.

653live here, work elsewhere

329live and work here

334work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hawthorne goes to work

Hawthorne (in town)right here

34%329

Tonopah81.9 mi away

12%113

Reno96.5 mi away

5%48

Carson74.3 mi away

2%20

Nellis AFB251.3 mi away

2%19

Sparks93.1 mi away

2%17

Fallon66 mi away

1%10

Schurz33.3 mi away

1%10

North Las Vegas248 mi away

1%9

Fernley77.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%400

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

How far

How far Hawthorne commutes

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

43%

52%

43%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

52%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hawthorne is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hawthorne are

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

Jobs based in Hawthorne

663 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Hawthorne residents hold

982 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+4%

Jobs based in Hawthorne, 2013 → 2023: 639 → 663. 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.