Work & commute · Searchlight

Work & commute in Searchlight, NV

Most working residents leave Searchlight for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Las Vegas (19%), Paradise (6%) and North Las Vegas (5%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 125 working residents

Typical commute

44 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 119 Searchlight residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Searchlight.

119live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Searchlight goes to work

Las Vegas57.1 mi away

19%24

Paradise45.3 mi away

6%7

North Las Vegas58.4 mi away

5%6

Searchlight (in town)right here

5%6

Henderson38.4 mi away

4%5

Sandy Valley48 mi away

4%5

Enterprise42 mi away

4%5

Laughlin27.4 mi away

3%4

Spring Valley48.2 mi away

3%4

Bullhead City, AZ30.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%56

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

How far

How far Searchlight commutes

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

60%

33%

5%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

60%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Searchlight is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Searchlight are

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

Jobs based in Searchlight

50 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Searchlight residents hold

125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−43%

Jobs based in Searchlight, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 50. 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.