Commuting in Nye 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 Nye County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Nye County spend about 33 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 139 hours, about 5.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 25% less time on the road than the Nevada average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 5.7 minutes.
Nye County holds about 1.7% of Nevada's population but accounts for roughly 1.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Nye County would save about 56 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,728 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)
Nye County
16.7 min
33.5 min
139 hrs/yr
$4,321
142
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
16.7
minutes to get to work in
Nye County.
That's 25% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 11.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Nye County
Car:
82.6%
Worked at Home:
11.0%
Other:
2.4%
Walked:
2.1%
Public Transportation:
1.2%
Taxi:
0.5%
Motorcycle:
0.3%
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Biking is essentially absent in Nye County, versus 0.3% in Nevada.
Commute Mode Trends in Nye County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Nye 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
Other
Walked
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
91.6%
4.0%
1.3%
1.8%
0.8%
0.0%
0.4%
0.1%
2010
91.0%
4.1%
1.6%
2.0%
0.9%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
2011
92.6%
3.9%
1.0%
1.7%
0.8%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2012
91.5%
3.6%
1.3%
2.4%
0.6%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
2013
89.7%
4.9%
1.6%
2.7%
0.3%
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
2014
88.7%
5.0%
1.3%
2.8%
0.7%
0.0%
1.3%
0.0%
2015
89.2%
4.2%
0.9%
3.2%
1.0%
0.0%
1.6%
0.0%
2016
86.9%
5.0%
1.1%
4.3%
1.1%
0.0%
1.5%
0.0%
2017
86.9%
5.6%
1.1%
4.2%
1.0%
0.0%
1.0%
0.2%
2018
90.0%
3.8%
1.2%
3.1%
1.2%
0.0%
0.7%
0.2%
2019
89.0%
4.6%
1.8%
3.6%
0.7%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2020
87.5%
5.7%
1.5%
4.3%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2021
86.4%
6.8%
2.9%
2.9%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2022
86.5%
8.0%
2.4%
2.1%
0.6%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
83.4%
9.9%
3.1%
1.9%
1.0%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
2024
82.6%
11.0%
2.4%
2.1%
1.2%
0.5%
0.3%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2011 at 92.6%. Overall it fell from 91.6% in 2009 to 82.6% in 2024, down 9.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Nye County: its share of workers rose from 4.0% in 2009 to 11.0% in 2024, up 7.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Taking a taxi overtook biking to become the 6th most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.
Walking peaked at 4.3% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 2.1%.
Commute Start Times in Nye County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Nye County?
The bars show when commuters in Nye 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 AMNye County12.5%Nevada7.9%
12.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMNye County9.2%Nevada4.9%
9.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMNye County11.3%Nevada5.1%
11.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMNye County10.0%Nevada9.1%
10.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMNye County5.3%Nevada8.3%
5.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMNye County11.8%Nevada11.7%
11.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMNye County12.4%Nevada9.2%
12.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMNye County5.6%Nevada9.6%
5.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMNye County3.1%Nevada4.3%
3.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMNye County1.4%Nevada6.8%
1.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMNye County2.3%Nevada3.3%
2.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMNye County0.7%Nevada2.1%
0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMNye County6.0%Nevada8.8%
6.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMNye County8.2%Nevada8.9%
8.2%
Nye CountyNevadaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Nye County is 12:00-4:59 AM, when 12.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 7.9% across Nevada. Early starts are more common than in Nevada: 33.1% 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 5 commuters (18.7%) 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 Nye 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 Nye 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 Nye 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
Nye County
Nevada
United States
2009
7:17 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:10 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:22 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:28 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:32 AM
7:45 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:29 AM
7:45 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:31 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:30 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:27 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:22 AM
7:45 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:22 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:24 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:08 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2022
6:59 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:04 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:04 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Nye County were on the road by 7:04 AM, 12 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 Nye County now leave 34 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 Nye County has moved 18 minutes earlier.
How does Nye County's commute time compare?
Metric
Nye County
Nevada
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
16.7 min
22.4 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
12:00 AM – 04:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
11.0%
11.9%
15.0%
Walked
2.1%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.2%
2.2%
3.2%
The average commute time in Nye County is 16.7 minutes, shorter than the 22.4 minutes in Nevada.
1.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.2% in Nevada. 2.1% commute by walking, higher than the 1.5% in Nevada.
Nye County, NV Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Nye County, NV is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 54,344 residents against a local median of 4,405. Nye County, NV's one-way commute, at 16.7 min, runs 50% above the 11.1 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 5.4 min on one-way commute, so Nye County, NV sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Nye County, NV has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Nye County, Nevada.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Nye County, Nevada?
Commuters here spend an estimated 139 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,321 at a typical national wage. That's 25% less than the typical Nevada commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Nye County, Nevada?
Traffic peaks between 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM in Nye County, Nevada. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Which counties in Nevada have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).