Work & commute · Winnemucca

Work & commute in Winnemucca, NV

42% of Winnemucca’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Reno (6%), Elko (4%) and Battle Mountain (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

1,564 of 3,756 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 2,192 Winnemucca residents head out of town to work, 1,564 work right here, and 2,707 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winnemucca.

2,192live here, work elsewhere

1,564live and work here

2,707work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winnemucca goes to work

Winnemucca (in town)right here

42%1,564

Reno148.7 mi away

6%212

Elko102.6 mi away

4%167

Battle Mountain46.8 mi away

2%65

Sparks142.2 mi away

2%57

Carson164.6 mi away

1%46

Fernley123.8 mi away

1%28

Paradise364.8 mi away

1%24

Lovelock67.1 mi away

1%23

Ely191.1 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,548

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

How far

How far Winnemucca commutes

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

48%

38%

48%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winnemucca is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Winnemucca are

4,271 jobs are based in Winnemucca. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Winnemucca’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Winnemucca

4,271 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Winnemucca residents hold

3,756 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−9%

Jobs based in Winnemucca, 2013 → 2023: 4,719 → 4,271. 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.