Work & commute · Whitney

Work & commute in Whitney, NV

Most working residents leave Whitney for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Paradise (32%), Las Vegas (19%) and Henderson (16%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
277 of 21,450 working residents
Typical commute
8 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 21,173 Whitney residents head out of town to work, 277 work right here, and 3,305 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitney.

21,173live here, work elsewhere
277live and work here
3,305work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Whitney goes to work

North Las VegasHendersonLas VegasWinchesterWhitneySummerlin SouthParadiseSpring ValleySunrise ManorPahrumpEnterpriseParadiseLas VegasHendersonNorth Las VegasEnterpriseSpring ValleySunrise ManorWinchesterSummerlin SouthWhitney
1
Paradise5.5 mi away
32%6,830
2
Las Vegas15.6 mi away
19%4,168
3
Henderson6.6 mi away
16%3,411
4
North Las Vegas13.4 mi away
7%1,433
5
Enterprise12.4 mi away
6%1,221
6
Spring Valley12.6 mi away
5%1,052
7
Sunrise Manor5.4 mi away
4%870
8
Winchester6.1 mi away
3%679
9
Whitney (in town)right here
1%277
10
Summerlin South16.5 mi away
1%154
Everywhere elseother towns and states
6%1,355

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

How far

How far Whitney commutes

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

73%Under 10 mi
23%10–24 mi
0%25–50 mi
4%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Whitney is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitney are

3,582 jobs are based in Whitney. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Whitney’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Whitney

3,582 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities29%
Services (health, schools, offices…)45%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Whitney residents hold

21,450 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)69%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month54%
+2%

Jobs based in Whitney, 2013 → 2023: 3,511 → 3,582. 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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