Work & commute · Lovelock

Work & commute in Lovelock, NV

About one in 5 of Lovelock’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Winnemucca (13%), Reno (4%) and Sparks (3%). Half commute less than 62 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

92 of 464 working residents

Typical commute

62 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 372 Lovelock residents head out of town to work, 92 work right here, and 508 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lovelock.

372live here, work elsewhere

92live and work here

508work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lovelock goes to work

Lovelock (in town)right here

20%92

Winnemucca67.1 mi away

13%61

Reno84.8 mi away

4%18

Sparks77.8 mi away

3%16

Elko149.4 mi away

3%13

Carson97.9 mi away

3%13

Carlin130 mi away

2%7

Fernley56.8 mi away

1%5

Fallon51.3 mi away

1%4

Salt Lake City, UT346.6 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%232

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

How far

How far Lovelock commutes

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

29%

10%

54%

29%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

54%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lovelock is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lovelock are

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

Jobs based in Lovelock

600 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Lovelock residents hold

464 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+4%

Jobs based in Lovelock, 2013 → 2023: 577 → 600. 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.