Work & commute · Laughlin

Work & commute in Laughlin, NV

45% of Laughlin’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Las Vegas (10%), Bullhead City (9%) and Henderson (4%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

1,141 of 2,549 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,408 Laughlin residents head out of town to work, 1,141 work right here, and 4,823 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laughlin.

1,408live here, work elsewhere

1,141live and work here

4,823work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laughlin goes to work

Laughlin (in town)right here

45%1,141

Las Vegas83.5 mi away

10%251

Bullhead City, AZ3.8 mi away

9%220

Henderson63.7 mi away

4%105

Paradise71.3 mi away

4%98

Spring Valley75 mi away

3%70

Fort Mohave, AZ10.2 mi away

3%67

Kingman, AZ34.8 mi away

2%63

Enterprise68.8 mi away

2%61

North Las Vegas83.4 mi away

2%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%424

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

How far

How far Laughlin commutes

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

56%

37%

56%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laughlin is a job hub

2.34jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laughlin are

5,964 jobs are based in Laughlin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Laughlin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Laughlin

5,964 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month62%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Laughlin residents hold

2,549 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month36%

−20%

Jobs based in Laughlin, 2013 → 2023: 7,501 → 5,964. 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.