Work & commute · Spring Creek

Work & commute in Spring Creek, NV

Most working residents leave Spring Creek for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Elko (47%), McGill (3%) and Battle Mountain (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

441 of 7,169 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 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 6,728 Spring Creek residents head out of town to work, 441 work right here, and 474 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring Creek.

6,728live here, work elsewhere

441live and work here

474work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring Creek goes to work

Elko11 mi away

47%3,353

Spring Creek (in town)right here

6%441

McGill102.4 mi away

3%211

Battle Mountain71.2 mi away

2%121

Reno239.2 mi away

2%119

Carlin26.8 mi away

2%118

Winnemucca112.2 mi away

1%69

Eureka87.4 mi away

1%55

Ely109.2 mi away

1%49

Osino14 mi away

1%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%2,589

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

How far

How far Spring Creek commutes

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

23%

35%

17%

25%

23%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring Creek is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring Creek are

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

Jobs based in Spring Creek

915 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Spring Creek residents hold

7,169 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−1%

Jobs based in Spring Creek, 2013 → 2023: 928 → 915. 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.