Work & commute · Moapa Valley

Work & commute in Moapa Valley, NV

Most working residents leave Moapa Valley for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Las Vegas (23%), Mesquite (13%) and Paradise (9%). Half commute less than 48 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

237 of 1,776 working residents

Typical commute

48 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 1,539 Moapa Valley residents head out of town to work, 237 work right here, and 550 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moapa Valley.

1,539live here, work elsewhere

237live and work here

550work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moapa Valley goes to work

Las Vegas52 mi away

23%417

Mesquite22.9 mi away

13%238

Moapa Valley (in town)right here

13%237

Paradise52.3 mi away

9%167

North Las Vegas41.7 mi away

6%106

Henderson52.2 mi away

5%89

Spring Valley57.4 mi away

3%58

Enterprise59.7 mi away

3%51

Sunrise Manor44.5 mi away

2%43

Reno357.2 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%337

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

How far

How far Moapa Valley commutes

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

14%

39%

42%

14%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moapa Valley is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moapa Valley are

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

Jobs based in Moapa Valley

787 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Moapa Valley residents hold

1,776 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+91%

Jobs based in Moapa Valley, 2013 → 2023: 412 → 787. 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.