Work & commute · North Las Vegas

Work & commute in North Las Vegas, NV

Most working residents leave North Las Vegas for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Las Vegas (30%), Paradise (23%) and Henderson (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

18,679 of 118,615 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 99,936 North Las Vegas residents head out of town to work, 18,679 work right here, and 63,797 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Las Vegas.

99,936live here, work elsewhere

18,679live and work here

63,797work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Las Vegas goes to work

Las Vegas10.5 mi away

30%35,369

Paradise14.2 mi away

23%27,212

North Las Vegas (in town)right here

16%18,679

Henderson20 mi away

6%6,996

Spring Valley16.6 mi away

6%6,808

Enterprise20.9 mi away

5%5,699

Sunrise Manor8 mi away

4%4,823

Winchester10.9 mi away

3%3,090

Summerlin South17.7 mi away

1%1,159

Nellis AFB3.5 mi away

1%656

Everywhere elseother towns and states

7%8,124

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

How far

How far North Las Vegas commutes

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

61%

35%

61%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Las Vegas is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Las Vegas are

82,476 jobs are based in North Las Vegas. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Las Vegas’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Las Vegas

82,476 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs North Las Vegas residents hold

118,615 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+59%

Jobs based in North Las Vegas, 2013 → 2023: 51,990 → 82,476. 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.