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Work & commute · Nellis AFB

Work & commute in Nellis AFB, NV

Most working residents leave Nellis AFB for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Las Vegas (22%), Paradise (21%) and North Las Vegas (17%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
9 of 949 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
17 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
1%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 940 Nellis AFB residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 2,676 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nellis AFB.

940live here, work elsewhere
9live and work here
2,676work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Nellis AFB goes to work

North Las VegasRenoHendersonLas VegasNellis AFBWinchesterWhitneySummerlin SouthParadiseSpring ValleySunrise ManorPahrumpEnterpriseLas VegasParadiseNorth Las VegasHendersonSunrise ManorSpring ValleyEnterpriseWinchesterRenoNellis AFB
1
Las Vegas11.6 mi away
22%205
2
Paradise11.9 mi away
21%198
3
North Las Vegas3.5 mi away
17%158
4
Henderson16.8 mi away
7%69
5
Sunrise Manor4.7 mi away
6%56
6
Spring Valley15.6 mi away
6%55
7
Enterprise19 mi away
5%48
8
Winchester8.8 mi away
2%20
9
Reno346.8 mi away
1%9
10
Nellis AFB (in town)right here
1%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
13%122

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

How far

How far Nellis AFB commutes

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

42%Under 10 mi
51%10–24 mi
1%25–50 mi
7%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Nellis AFB is a job hub

2.83jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nellis AFB are

2,685 jobs are based in Nellis AFB. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nellis AFB’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Nellis AFB

2,685 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)2%
Trade, transport & utilities29%
Services (health, schools, offices…)69%
$1,250 a month or less3%
$1,251–$3,333 a month10%
Over $3,333 a month87%

Jobs Nellis AFB residents hold

949 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%
Over $3,333 a month44%
+59%

Jobs based in Nellis AFB, 2013 → 2023: 1,690 → 2,685. 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.

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