Work & commute · Mesquite

Work & commute in Mesquite, NV

55% of Mesquite’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Las Vegas (11%), Paradise (6%) and Henderson (4%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55%

3,750 of 6,811 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,061 Mesquite residents head out of town to work, 3,750 work right here, and 2,235 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mesquite.

3,061live here, work elsewhere

3,750live and work here

2,235work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mesquite goes to work

Mesquite (in town)right here

55%3,750

Las Vegas74.8 mi away

11%732

Paradise75.2 mi away

6%379

Henderson74.7 mi away

4%256

North Las Vegas64.5 mi away

3%232

Spring Valley80.3 mi away

2%168

Enterprise82.6 mi away

2%121

Reno363.8 mi away

1%99

Sunrise Manor67.4 mi away

1%93

St. George, UT35.5 mi away

1%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

13%913

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

How far

How far Mesquite commutes

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

57%

41%

57%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mesquite is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mesquite are

5,985 jobs are based in Mesquite. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mesquite’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mesquite

5,985 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Mesquite residents hold

6,811 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+21%

Jobs based in Mesquite, 2013 → 2023: 4,952 → 5,985. 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.