Work & commute · Mount Charleston

Work & commute in Mount Charleston, NV

Most working residents leave Mount Charleston for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Las Vegas (29%), Paradise (22%) and Henderson (9%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 161 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 157 Mount Charleston residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Charleston.

157live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Charleston goes to work

Las Vegas19.6 mi away

29%47

Paradise29.3 mi away

22%36

Henderson37.5 mi away

9%14

Enterprise27.8 mi away

7%12

North Las Vegas29.3 mi away

6%10

Spring Valley22.7 mi away

5%8

Sunrise Manor32 mi away

2%4

Mount Charleston (in town)right here

2%4

Pahrump21.5 mi away

2%3

St. George, UT126.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

13%21

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

How far

How far Mount Charleston commutes

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

28%

62%

6%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

62%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Charleston is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Charleston are

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

Jobs based in Mount Charleston

78 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Mount Charleston residents hold

161 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−66%

Jobs based in Mount Charleston, 2013 → 2023: 230 → 78. 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.