Commuting in Las Vegas, 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 Las Vegas: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Las Vegas spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 197 hours, about 8.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 5% more time on the road than the Nevada average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 1.2 minutes.
Las Vegas holds about 19.8% of Nevada's population but accounts for roughly 20.8% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Las Vegas would save about 79 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,441 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)
Las Vegas
23.6 min
47.2 min
197 hrs/yr
$6,101
3,277
Nevada
22.4 min
44.9 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,797
1,402
United States
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.
Las Vegas Commute Map
On average, it takes
23.6
minutes to get to work in
Las Vegas.
That's 5% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
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 11.8% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Las Vegas
Car:
81.2%
Worked at Home:
11.8%
Public Transportation:
2.6%
Other:
2.2%
Walked:
1.3%
Taxi:
0.4%
Motorcycle:
0.3%
Bicycle:
0.3%
Commute Mode Trends in Las Vegas, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Las Vegas 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
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
89.1%
3.0%
4.1%
1.1%
2.0%
0.0%
0.3%
0.4%
2010
88.8%
3.0%
4.3%
1.3%
2.0%
0.0%
0.3%
0.4%
2011
89.0%
3.0%
4.2%
1.1%
1.9%
0.0%
0.3%
0.4%
2012
89.2%
3.1%
3.9%
1.1%
1.9%
0.0%
0.3%
0.4%
2013
89.1%
3.0%
4.0%
1.1%
2.0%
0.0%
0.4%
0.4%
2014
88.8%
3.0%
4.4%
1.2%
1.8%
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
2015
88.8%
3.0%
4.2%
1.3%
1.8%
0.0%
0.5%
0.4%
2016
88.3%
3.2%
4.3%
1.4%
1.8%
0.0%
0.5%
0.4%
2017
88.1%
3.5%
4.2%
1.7%
1.6%
0.1%
0.5%
0.4%
2018
87.8%
3.8%
4.1%
2.0%
1.6%
0.1%
0.4%
0.3%
2019
87.9%
4.1%
3.5%
2.2%
1.5%
0.2%
0.4%
0.2%
2020
87.1%
5.5%
3.2%
2.1%
1.4%
0.2%
0.3%
0.2%
2021
85.4%
7.3%
2.9%
2.3%
1.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
2022
83.6%
8.8%
2.9%
2.4%
1.4%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
2023
82.7%
10.3%
2.5%
2.3%
1.3%
0.4%
0.3%
0.3%
2024
81.2%
11.8%
2.6%
2.2%
1.3%
0.4%
0.3%
0.3%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2012 at 89.2%. Overall it fell from 89.1% in 2009 to 81.2% in 2024, down 7.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Las Vegas: its share of workers rose from 3.0% in 2009 to 11.8% in 2024, up 8.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 4.1% to 2.6% of workers (down 1.5 percentage points).
Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2019 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Las Vegas
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Las Vegas?
The bars show when commuters in Las Vegas 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 Nevada for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMLas Vegas7.8%Nevada7.9%
7.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMLas Vegas5.5%Nevada4.9%
5.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMLas Vegas5.3%Nevada5.1%
5.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMLas Vegas9.0%Nevada9.1%
9.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMLas Vegas7.9%Nevada8.3%
7.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMLas Vegas12.2%Nevada11.7%
12.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMLas Vegas8.4%Nevada9.2%
8.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMLas Vegas9.7%Nevada9.6%
9.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMLas Vegas4.5%Nevada4.3%
4.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMLas Vegas6.5%Nevada6.8%
6.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMLas Vegas3.4%Nevada3.3%
3.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMLas Vegas2.0%Nevada2.1%
2.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMLas Vegas9.0%Nevada8.8%
9.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMLas Vegas8.6%Nevada8.9%
8.6%
Las VegasNevadaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Las Vegas is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 12.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.7% across Nevada. Early starts are about as common as in Nevada: 18.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Nevada's: 38.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 38.8% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (29.6%) 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 Las Vegas, 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 Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas next to Nevada and 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
Las Vegas
Nevada
United States
2009
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:44 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:45 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:47 AM
7:45 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:48 AM
7:45 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:46 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:48 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:46 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:45 AM
7:45 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:43 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:44 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:41 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:41 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:40 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:38 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Las Vegas were on the road by 7:38 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:35 AM). Nevada followed the same path, with the typical start moving 3 minutes later. Commuters in Las Vegas now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Las Vegas has moved 4 minutes earlier.
How does Las Vegas's commute time compare?
Metric
Las Vegas
Nevada
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
23.6 min
22.4 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
11.8%
11.9%
15.0%
Walked
1.3%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
2.6%
2.2%
3.2%
The average commute time in Las Vegas is 23.6 minutes, longer than the 22.4 minutes in Nevada.
2.6% commute by public transit, higher than the 2.2% in Nevada. 1.3% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Nevada.
Las Vegas, NV is the largest of the 6 cities compared here, 628,856 residents against a local median of 186,450. There is no headline here. Every measure below sits within 15% of the median across the nearest cities, which makes Las Vegas, NV an unremarkable member of its own neighbourhood rather than an outlier in it.
The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 7% above the local median at 23.6 min against 22.1 min. Las Vegas, NV has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Las Vegas, Nevada.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Las Vegas, Nevada?
Commuters here spend an estimated 197 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,101 at a typical national wage. That's 5% more than the typical Nevada commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Las Vegas, Nevada?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Las Vegas, 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.