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

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

Tonopah (in town)right here

34%224

Reno173.9 mi away

5%33

Paradise179.6 mi away

5%33

Las Vegas167.2 mi away

3%23

Elko205.7 mi away

3%17

North Las Vegas170.7 mi away

2%14

Enterprise180.7 mi away

2%14

Silver Peak31.8 mi away

2%13

Henderson187.9 mi away

1%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%

44%

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.