Commuting in Nevada: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
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Commute Time Burden in Nevada: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Nevada spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 187 hours, about 7.8 full days, spent commuting. That is about the same time on the road as the US average of 22.4 minutes each way.
Nevada holds about 0.9% of US's population and accounts for roughly 0.9% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Nevada would save about 75 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,319 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Area
One-Way Commute
Daily Round-Trip
Yearly Time Spent
Estimated Yearly Cost
Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Nevada
22.4 min
44.9 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,797
1,402
US
22.4 min
44.8 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,790
1,355
The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it
as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day
on non-highway roads, come from proprietary
Ticon and
TrafficZoom data.
On average, it takes
22.4
minutes to get to work in
Nevada.
That's about the same as the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 71% of states in US
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 11.9% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Nevada
Car:
81.6%
Worked at Home:
11.9%
Public Transportation:
2.2%
Other:
1.9%
Walked:
1.5%
Bicycle:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
0.3%
Taxi:
0.2%
Commute Mode Trends in Nevada, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Nevada get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.
Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show commute mode data by year
Year
Car
Worked at Home
Public Transportation
Other
Walked
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Taxi
2009
89.4%
3.1%
3.3%
1.1%
2.2%
0.4%
0.5%
0.1%
2010
89.3%
3.2%
3.4%
1.0%
2.1%
0.4%
0.5%
0.0%
2011
89.4%
3.2%
3.4%
1.0%
2.1%
0.4%
0.5%
0.0%
2012
89.3%
3.2%
3.4%
1.1%
2.1%
0.4%
0.5%
0.0%
2013
89.2%
3.3%
3.4%
1.1%
2.1%
0.4%
0.5%
0.0%
2014
89.0%
3.3%
3.6%
1.1%
2.1%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
2015
88.8%
3.3%
3.6%
1.2%
2.2%
0.5%
0.4%
0.0%
2016
88.7%
3.6%
3.6%
1.2%
2.1%
0.4%
0.4%
0.0%
2017
88.6%
3.8%
3.5%
1.3%
2.0%
0.4%
0.4%
0.0%
2018
88.5%
4.0%
3.4%
1.4%
1.9%
0.3%
0.4%
0.1%
2019
88.5%
4.3%
3.2%
1.5%
1.8%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
2020
87.4%
5.8%
2.9%
1.6%
1.6%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
2021
85.8%
7.4%
2.7%
1.9%
1.6%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
2022
84.4%
9.0%
2.5%
2.0%
1.5%
0.2%
0.3%
0.2%
2023
82.9%
10.5%
2.4%
2.0%
1.5%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
2024
81.6%
11.9%
2.2%
1.9%
1.5%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 89.4% in 2009 to 81.6% in 2024, down 7.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Nevada: its share of workers rose from 3.1% in 2009 to 11.9% in 2024, up 8.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 3.3% to 2.2% of workers (down 1.1 percentage points).
Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2017 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Nevada
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Nevada?
The bars show when commuters in Nevada leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show the U.S. for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMNevada7.9%The U.S.5.5%
7.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMNevada4.9%The U.S.4.0%
4.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMNevada5.1%The U.S.4.9%
5.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMNevada9.1%The U.S.8.7%
9.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMNevada8.3%The U.S.9.4%
8.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMNevada11.7%The U.S.14.4%
11.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMNevada9.2%The U.S.11.9%
9.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMNevada9.6%The U.S.11.5%
9.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMNevada4.3%The U.S.5.5%
4.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMNevada6.8%The U.S.6.8%
6.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMNevada3.3%The U.S.3.1%
3.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMNevada2.1%The U.S.1.5%
2.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMNevada8.8%The U.S.6.8%
8.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMNevada8.9%The U.S.6.1%
8.9%
NevadaThe U.S.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Nevada is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 11.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.4% across the U.S.. Early starts are more common than in the U.S.: 17.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.4% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in the U.S.: 38.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.1% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (29.9%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.
When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.
See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Nevada, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.
Is Nevada Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024
Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Nevada next to the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
Nevada
United States
2009
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:45 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:45 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:45 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Nevada were on the road by 7:40 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:37 AM). Commuters in Nevada now leave 2 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Nevada has moved 4 minutes earlier.
How does Nevada's commute time compare?
Metric
Nevada
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
22.4 min
22.4 min
Work From Home
11.9%
15.0%
Walked
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
2.2%
3.2%
The average commute time in Nevada is about the same as in US.
2.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.2% in US. 1.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.4% in US.
Nevada is the 5th largest of the 6 states compared here, 3,183,702 residents against a local median of 4,252,306. Where Nevada breaks from the states next to it is work from home, sitting 32% below the local median of 17.6% at 11.9%.
The states themselves spread 5.7% on work from home, so Nevada sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Nevada has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Nevada?
Commuters here spend an estimated 187 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,797 at a typical national wage.
When is rush hour worst in Nevada?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Nevada. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How do commute times compare across counties in Nevada?
Among counties in Nevada, the shortest average commutes are in Esmeralda County (7.5 min), Lincoln County (8.6 min), Mineral County (10.5 min). The longest are in Storey County (32.7 min), Lyon County (25.8 min), Clark County (23.1 min).