Work & commute · Wells

Work & commute in Wells, NV

About one in 3 of Wells’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Elko (17%), Fernley (7%) and Sparks (3%). Half commute less than 45 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

114 of 369 working residents

Typical commute

45 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 255 Wells residents head out of town to work, 114 work right here, and 382 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wells.

255live here, work elsewhere

114live and work here

382work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wells goes to work

Wells (in town)right here

31%114

Elko46.5 mi away

17%64

Fernley247.4 mi away

7%26

Sparks272.3 mi away

3%12

West Wendover52.4 mi away

2%8

Salt Lake City, UT159.6 mi away

2%8

Las Vegas337.6 mi away

2%6

Spring Creek42.2 mi away

1%5

Winnemucca144.8 mi away

1%4

Enterprise353 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%118

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

How far

How far Wells commutes

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

32%

24%

40%

32%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wells is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wells are

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

Jobs based in Wells

496 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Wells residents hold

369 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−17%

Jobs based in Wells, 2013 → 2023: 596 → 496. 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.