Commuting in Paradise, 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 Paradise: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Paradise spend about 42 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 175 hours, about 7.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 6% less time on the road than the Nevada average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 1.4 minutes.
Paradise holds about 5.9% of Nevada's population but accounts for roughly 5.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Paradise would save about 70 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,176 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)
Paradise
21.1 min
42.1 min
175 hrs/yr
$5,440
5,024
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.
Paradise Commute Map
On average, it takes
21.1
minutes to get to work in
Paradise.
That's 6% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM, followed by 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 11.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Paradise
Car:
76.7%
Worked at Home:
11.2%
Public Transportation:
5.9%
Walked:
3.1%
Other:
2.3%
Taxi:
0.3%
Bicycle:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
0.3%
Commute Mode Trends in Paradise, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Paradise 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
Walked
Other
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
84.4%
2.2%
6.7%
4.2%
0.9%
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
2010
83.8%
2.3%
7.3%
4.3%
0.7%
0.0%
0.6%
1.1%
2011
83.1%
2.4%
7.6%
4.3%
0.6%
0.0%
0.8%
1.2%
2012
82.8%
2.3%
7.5%
4.3%
1.1%
0.0%
0.8%
1.2%
2013
83.2%
2.3%
7.6%
3.8%
1.2%
0.0%
0.7%
1.2%
2014
81.4%
2.1%
8.8%
4.1%
1.6%
0.0%
0.7%
1.2%
2015
81.1%
2.2%
9.3%
4.0%
1.8%
0.1%
0.7%
0.8%
2016
81.2%
2.4%
9.4%
3.7%
1.9%
0.1%
0.5%
0.8%
2017
81.3%
2.5%
9.0%
3.7%
2.2%
0.1%
0.4%
0.9%
2018
81.3%
2.6%
8.9%
3.7%
2.2%
0.1%
0.3%
0.9%
2019
82.3%
2.8%
8.2%
3.3%
2.2%
0.1%
0.2%
0.9%
2020
82.2%
4.0%
7.5%
2.9%
2.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.7%
2021
81.5%
5.8%
6.0%
3.2%
2.6%
0.2%
0.2%
0.6%
2022
80.7%
7.7%
5.6%
3.0%
2.2%
0.3%
0.2%
0.4%
2023
78.9%
9.5%
6.0%
2.5%
2.2%
0.3%
0.2%
0.4%
2024
76.7%
11.2%
5.9%
3.1%
2.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 84.4% in 2009 to 76.7% in 2024, down 7.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Paradise: its share of workers rose from 2.2% in 2009 to 11.2% in 2024, up 9.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.2% to 3.1% of workers (down 1.1 percentage points).
Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.
Public transit peaked at 9.4% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 5.9%.
Commute Start Times in Paradise
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Paradise?
The bars show when commuters in Paradise 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 AMParadise7.8%Nevada7.9%
7.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMParadise4.5%Nevada4.9%
4.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMParadise4.4%Nevada5.1%
4.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMParadise8.5%Nevada9.1%
8.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMParadise6.0%Nevada8.3%
6.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMParadise9.9%Nevada11.7%
9.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMParadise7.6%Nevada9.2%
7.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMParadise9.5%Nevada9.6%
9.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMParadise4.3%Nevada4.3%
4.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMParadise7.5%Nevada6.8%
7.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMParadise4.2%Nevada3.3%
4.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMParadise3.1%Nevada2.1%
3.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMParadise11.2%Nevada8.8%
11.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMParadise11.8%Nevada8.9%
11.8%
ParadiseNevadaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Paradise is 4:00-11:59 PM, when 11.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 8.9% across Nevada. Early starts are less common than in Nevada: 16.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Nevada: 32.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 38.8% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (37.7%) 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 Paradise, 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 Paradise 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 Paradise 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
Paradise
Nevada
United States
2009
7:52 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:54 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:56 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:58 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2013
8:03 AM
7:45 AM
7:39 AM
2014
8:06 AM
7:45 AM
7:39 AM
2015
8:08 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2016
8:13 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2017
8:15 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2018
8:14 AM
7:45 AM
7:37 AM
2019
8:12 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2020
8:14 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2021
8:12 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2022
8:10 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2023
8:08 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2024
8:05 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Paradise were on the road by 8:05 AM, 13 minutes later than in 2009 (7:52 AM). The shift is sharper than across Nevada, where the typical start moved 3 minutes later. Commuters in Paradise now leave 27 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 Paradise has moved 7 minutes earlier.
How does Paradise's commute time compare?
Metric
Paradise
Nevada
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
21.1 min
22.4 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
04:00 PM – 11:59 PM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
12:00 PM – 03:59 PM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
11.2%
11.9%
15.0%
Walked
3.1%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
5.9%
2.2%
3.2%
The average commute time in Paradise is 21.1 minutes, shorter than the 22.4 minutes in Nevada.
5.9% commute by public transit, higher than the 2.2% in Nevada. 3.1% commute by walking, higher than the 1.5% in Nevada.
Paradise, NV is typical in size for this group, 186,450 residents against a local median of 191,359, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Paradise, NV's work from home, at 11.2%, runs 38% above the 8.1% typical of the cities around it.
The cities themselves spread 7.9% on work from home, so Paradise, NV sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Paradise, NV has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Paradise, Nevada.
Is living in Paradise, Nevada good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 175 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,440 at a typical national wage. That's 6% less than the typical Nevada commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Paradise, Nevada?
Traffic peaks between 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM in Paradise, Nevada. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM also sees a secondary bump.