North Las Vegas Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in North 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 North Las Vegas: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in North Las Vegas spend about 52 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 217 hours, about 9.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 16% more time on the road than the Nevada average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 3.6 minutes.

North Las Vegas holds about 8.8% of Nevada's population but accounts for roughly 10.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in North Las Vegas would save about 87 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,688 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)
North Las Vegas	26.0 min	52.0 min	217 hrs/yr	$6,721	2,895
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.

North Las Vegas Commute Map

On average, it takes 26.0 minutes to get to work in North Las Vegas. That's 16% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 8.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in North Las Vegas

Commute Mode Trends in North Las Vegas, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in North 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	Other	Public Transportation	Walked	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	93.2%	1.4%	1.2%	2.6%	1.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.4%
2010	93.1%	1.6%	1.0%	2.4%	1.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.4%
2011	93.0%	1.5%	1.0%	2.9%	1.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.3%
2012	92.5%	1.6%	1.0%	3.2%	1.1%	0.0%	0.5%	0.2%
2013	92.6%	1.5%	0.8%	3.1%	1.2%	0.0%	0.6%	0.2%
2014	92.5%	1.8%	0.8%	3.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.7%	0.3%
2015	92.3%	1.8%	0.9%	3.3%	1.0%	0.0%	0.5%	0.2%
2016	92.5%	2.1%	0.8%	2.9%	1.0%	0.0%	0.6%	0.1%
2017	92.9%	2.1%	0.9%	2.7%	0.8%	0.0%	0.5%	0.2%
2018	92.3%	2.6%	1.3%	2.6%	0.6%	0.1%	0.4%	0.1%
2019	92.5%	2.4%	1.5%	2.6%	0.6%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%
2020	91.0%	3.5%	2.0%	2.2%	0.7%	0.1%	0.3%	0.2%
2021	89.8%	4.6%	2.3%	2.1%	0.7%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
2022	88.2%	6.2%	2.3%	2.1%	0.6%	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%
2023	87.2%	7.4%	2.1%	2.0%	0.7%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
2024	86.4%	8.1%	2.0%	1.7%	1.0%	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 93.2% in 2009 to 86.4% in 2024, down 6.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in North Las Vegas: its share of workers rose from 1.4% in 2009 to 8.1% in 2024, up 6.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.6% to 1.7% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in North Las Vegas

What Time Do People Leave for Work in North Las Vegas?

The bars show when commuters in North 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		8.6%
5:00-5:29 AM		6.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.5%
6:00-6:29 AM		13.0%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.2%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		7.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		8.1%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.6%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.2%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		9.0%
4:00-11:59 PM		8.9%

North Las Vegas Nevada Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in North Las Vegas is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 13.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 9.1% across Nevada. Early starts are more common than in Nevada: 20.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Nevada: 35.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 38.8% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (28.5%) 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 North 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 North 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 North 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	North Las Vegas	Nevada	United States
2009	7:13 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:14 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:16 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:18 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:19 AM	7:45 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:21 AM	7:45 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:21 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:25 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:23 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:24 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:24 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:26 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:25 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:24 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:24 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:24 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in North Las Vegas were on the road by 7:24 AM, 11 minutes later than in 2009 (7:13 AM). The shift is sharper than across Nevada, where the typical start moved 3 minutes later. Commuters in North Las Vegas now leave 14 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does North Las Vegas's commute time compare?

Metric	North Las Vegas	Nevada	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	26.0 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	8.1%	11.9%	15.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.7%	2.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in North Las Vegas is 26.0 minutes, longer than the 22.4 minutes in Nevada.

1.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.2% in Nevada. 1.0% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Nevada.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

North Las Vegas, NV Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

North Las Vegas, NV is the 2nd largest of the 5 cities compared here, 280,670 residents against a local median of 114,964. North Las Vegas, NV sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these cities turns on things this data does not capture.

The largest of those small differences is work from home, 6% above the local median at 8.1% against 7.6%. North Las Vegas, NV has the 3rd highest work from home of the 5 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
North Las Vegas, NV	280,670	26.0 min #3/5	8.1% #3/5	7:24 AM #2/5
Sunrise Manor, NV	191,359	28.0 min	5.9%	7:21 AM
Winchester, NV	36,180	22.4 min	7.1%	7:57 AM
Las Vegas, NV	628,856	23.6 min	11.8%	7:38 AM
Whitney, NV	38,569	27.2 min	8.1%	7:37 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

What is the financial impact of commuting in North Las Vegas, Nevada?

Commuters here spend an estimated 217 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,721 at a typical national wage. That's 16% more than the typical Nevada commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in North Las Vegas, Nevada?

Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in North Las Vegas, 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.