Work & commute · West Wendover

Work & commute in West Wendover, NV

71% of West Wendover’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Elko (7%), Wendover (2%) and Grantsville (2%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

71%

1,193 of 1,672 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 479 West Wendover residents head out of town to work, 1,193 work right here, and 1,058 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Wendover.

479live here, work elsewhere

1,193live and work here

1,058work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Wendover goes to work

West Wendover (in town)right here

71%1,193

Elko88.6 mi away

7%112

Wendover, UT3 mi away

2%32

Grantsville, UT84.8 mi away

2%28

Tooele, UT93.9 mi away

1%18

Salt Lake City, UT112.6 mi away

1%15

Paradise326.5 mi away

1%12

Reno315.7 mi away

1%11

West Jordan, UT109.3 mi away

1%9

St. George, UT254.5 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

14%233

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

How far

How far West Wendover commutes

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

74%

26%

74%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Wendover is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Wendover are

2,251 jobs are based in West Wendover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Wendover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Wendover

2,251 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs West Wendover residents hold

1,672 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−17%

Jobs based in West Wendover, 2013 → 2023: 2,699 → 2,251. 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.