Work & commute · Sun Valley

Work & commute in Sun Valley, NV

Most working residents leave Sun Valley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Reno (52%), Sparks (19%) and Spanish Springs (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

232 of 9,808 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 9,576 Sun Valley residents head out of town to work, 232 work right here, and 736 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sun Valley.

9,576live here, work elsewhere

232live and work here

736work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sun Valley goes to work

Reno5.7 mi away

52%5,131

Sparks4.1 mi away

19%1,897

Spanish Springs6.5 mi away

3%269

Sun Valley (in town)right here

2%232

Carson31.6 mi away

2%174

Paradise351.2 mi away

2%160

Las Vegas338.9 mi away

1%103

Truckee, CA28.6 mi away

1%59

Henderson359.6 mi away

1%56

North Las Vegas343.2 mi away

0%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%1,682

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

How far

How far Sun Valley commutes

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

73%

12%

73%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sun Valley is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sun Valley are

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

Jobs based in Sun Valley

968 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Sun Valley residents hold

9,808 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+100%

Jobs based in Sun Valley, 2013 → 2023: 483 → 968. 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.