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Work & commute · Smith Valley

Work & commute in Smith Valley, NV

Most working residents leave Smith Valley for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Yerington (23%), Reno (13%) and Carson (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
36 of 583 working residents
Typical commute
25 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
44 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
35%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 547 Smith Valley residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 203 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Smith Valley.

547live here, work elsewhere
36live and work here
203work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Smith Valley goes to work

FallonWinnemuccaSparksYeringtonRenoLas VegasCarsonBridgeportMindenGardnervilleGardnerville RanchosTopaz Ranch EstatesIndian HillsSmith ValleyYeringtonRenoCarsonSparksGardnervilleLas VegasBridgeportMindenFallonSmith Valley
1
Yerington18.1 mi away
23%135
2
Reno58.6 mi away
13%78
3
Smith Valley (in town)right here
6%36
4
Carson32.5 mi away
4%24
5
Sparks57.5 mi away
3%18
6
Gardnerville22.4 mi away
2%12
7
Las Vegas285.8 mi away
2%11
8
Bridgeport, CA37.7 mi away
2%11
9
Minden24.7 mi away
2%9
10
Fallon57 mi away
1%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%243

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

How far

How far Smith Valley commutes

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

7%Under 10 mi
43%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
32%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Smith Valley is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Smith Valley are

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

Jobs based in Smith Valley

239 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)61%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)17%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Smith Valley residents hold

583 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)28%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month63%
−4%

Jobs based in Smith Valley, 2013 → 2023: 249 → 239. 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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