Work & commute · Tonopah

Work & commute in Tonopah, NV

About one in 3 of Tonopah’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Reno (5%), Paradise (5%) and Las Vegas (3%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
34%
224 of 668 working residents
Typical commute
31 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
33 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 444 Tonopah residents head out of town to work, 224 work right here, and 2,079 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tonopah.

444live here, work elsewhere
224live and work here
2,079work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Tonopah goes to work

ElkoNorth Las VegasRenoHendersonLas VegasCarsonSilver PeakHawthorneTonopahBeattyParadiseSpring ValleyPahrumpAmargosa ValleyEnterpriseRenoParadiseLas VegasElkoNorth Las VegasEnterpriseSilver PeakHendersonCarsonTonopah
1
Tonopah (in town)right here
34%224
2
Reno173.9 mi away
5%33
3
Paradise179.6 mi away
5%33
4
Las Vegas167.2 mi away
3%23
5
Elko205.7 mi away
3%17
6
North Las Vegas170.7 mi away
2%14
7
Enterprise180.7 mi away
2%14
8
Silver Peak31.8 mi away
2%13
9
Henderson187.9 mi away
1%10
10
Carson155 mi away
1%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%277

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

How far

How far Tonopah commutes

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

45%Under 10 mi
3%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
44%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Tonopah is a job hub

3.45jobs per working resident
A job hub

3.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Tonopah are

2,303 jobs are based in Tonopah. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tonopah’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tonopah

2,303 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)1%
Trade, transport & utilities4%
Services (health, schools, offices…)96%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Tonopah residents hold

668 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month55%
+109%

Jobs based in Tonopah, 2013 → 2023: 1,101 → 2,303. 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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