Commuting in Lyon County, 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 Lyon County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Lyon County spend about 52 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 215 hours, about 9.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 15% more time on the road than the Nevada average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 3.4 minutes.
Lyon County holds about 1.9% of Nevada's population but accounts for roughly 2.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Lyon County would save about 86 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,670 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)
Lyon County
25.8 min
51.7 min
215 hrs/yr
$6,675
553
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.
On average, it takes
25.8
minutes to get to work in
Lyon County.
That's 15% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the 3 slowest counties in Nevada
The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 8.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Lyon County
Car:
87.6%
Worked at Home:
8.2%
Walked:
2.0%
Public Transportation:
1.0%
Other:
0.6%
Motorcycle:
0.4%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Lyon County, versus 0.2% in Nevada.
Commute Mode Trends in Lyon County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Lyon County 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
Walked
Public Transportation
Other
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Taxi
2009
91.1%
3.2%
3.5%
0.0%
0.8%
0.2%
1.2%
0.0%
2010
92.1%
3.1%
3.0%
0.0%
0.6%
0.6%
0.6%
0.0%
2011
92.0%
3.2%
2.6%
0.1%
0.9%
0.6%
0.5%
0.0%
2012
92.8%
2.9%
2.1%
0.2%
1.0%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
2013
94.0%
2.9%
1.3%
0.2%
0.9%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
94.3%
3.1%
0.8%
0.2%
0.8%
0.7%
0.1%
0.0%
2015
93.7%
3.2%
1.0%
0.2%
0.9%
0.9%
0.1%
0.0%
2016
94.2%
3.2%
0.8%
0.1%
0.7%
0.9%
0.1%
0.0%
2017
94.3%
3.1%
0.8%
0.1%
0.7%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
2018
93.9%
2.8%
1.4%
0.4%
0.6%
0.7%
0.2%
0.0%
2019
93.2%
3.3%
1.2%
0.9%
0.6%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
2020
93.7%
3.6%
1.2%
0.8%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2021
92.3%
4.5%
1.8%
0.9%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2022
89.6%
7.1%
1.5%
1.0%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
88.9%
7.4%
1.4%
1.1%
0.5%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
2024
87.6%
8.2%
2.0%
1.0%
0.6%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2014 at 94.3%. Overall it fell from 91.1% in 2009 to 87.6% in 2024, down 3.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Lyon County: its share of workers rose from 3.2% in 2009 to 8.2% in 2024, up 5.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.5% to 2.0% of workers (down 1.5 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2010 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Lyon County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lyon County?
The bars show when commuters in Lyon County 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 AMLyon County11.0%Nevada7.9%
11.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMLyon County6.5%Nevada4.9%
6.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMLyon County7.6%Nevada5.1%
7.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMLyon County12.3%Nevada9.1%
12.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMLyon County10.0%Nevada8.3%
10.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMLyon County11.6%Nevada11.7%
11.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMLyon County10.7%Nevada9.2%
10.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMLyon County5.1%Nevada9.6%
5.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMLyon County2.8%Nevada4.3%
2.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMLyon County5.1%Nevada6.8%
5.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMLyon County2.1%Nevada3.3%
2.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMLyon County0.9%Nevada2.1%
0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMLyon County5.5%Nevada8.8%
5.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMLyon County8.8%Nevada8.9%
8.8%
Lyon CountyNevadaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Lyon County is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 12.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 9.1% across Nevada. Early starts are more common than in Nevada: 25.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Nevada's: 37.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 38.8% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.5%) 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 Lyon County, 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 Lyon County 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 Lyon County 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
Lyon County
Nevada
United States
2009
7:17 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:18 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:17 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:18 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:14 AM
7:45 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:11 AM
7:45 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:12 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:12 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:12 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:14 AM
7:45 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:15 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:09 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:04 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:06 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:04 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:07 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Lyon County were on the road by 7:07 AM, 10 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:17 AM). That goes against the trend across Nevada, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Lyon County now leave 31 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Lyon County has moved 8 minutes earlier.
How does Lyon County's commute time compare?
Metric
Lyon County
Nevada
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
25.8 min
22.4 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
8.2%
11.9%
15.0%
Walked
2.0%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.0%
2.2%
3.2%
The average commute time in Lyon County is 25.8 minutes, longer than the 22.4 minutes in Nevada.
1.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.2% in Nevada. 2.0% commute by walking, higher than the 1.5% in Nevada.
Lyon County, NV Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Lyon County, NV is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 61,677 residents against a local median of 4,542. Where Lyon County, NV breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 35% below the local median of 12.7% at 8.2%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 25.8 min against a local median of 20.9 min, 24% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 24% above the local median it puts Lyon County, NV at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 15.4% on work from home, so Lyon County, NV sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Lyon County, NV has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Lyon County, Nevada.
Is commuting expensive in Lyon County, Nevada?
Commuters here spend an estimated 215 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,675 at a typical national wage. That's 15% more than the typical Nevada commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Lyon County, Nevada?
Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Lyon County, Nevada. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among 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).