Reno

City Commute Profile

Reno, NV

Where Reno’s 132,485 resident workers go each day — 62.9% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Sparks.

NevadaLODES 2023 data
73
Commute Score

73 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Reno at a glance
Employed Residents
132,485
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
6.0mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
62.9%
Share working within the area
Work from home
12.4%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Sparks
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Reno proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Reno commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Reno

132,485 commutes, one dot at a time

Reno

Where 132,485 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Reno, by worker count.

1Reno0.0 mi83,339
2Sparks6.0 mi17,151
3Carson City25.1 mi3,224
4Paradise349.3 mi1,665
5Truckee23.3 mi1,268
6Las Vegas339.1 mi1,211
7Spanish Springs11.6 mi909
8Henderson356.3 mi862

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Reno.

1Reno0.0 mi83,339
2Sparks6.0 mi29,347
3Sun Valley5.8 mi5,574
4Spanish Springs11.6 mi4,875
5Carson City25.1 mi4,689
6Cold Springs13.8 mi2,984
7Fernley32.7 mi2,803
8Las Vegas339.1 mi2,580

Top industries

The sectors that employ Reno’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
AFAccommodation and Food Services13.4%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance13.3%
RTRetail Trade10.1%
EDEducational Services9.9%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services7.3%
TRTransportation and Warehousing7.0%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services6.6%
COConstruction6.0%
MFManufacturing5.3%

Reno city profile

Who lives in Reno — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
273,212
Median age
37.1yrs
Median household income
$80,760
Median home value
$548,300
Median gross rent
$1,556/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
36.8%
Poverty rate
12.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Reno

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

6 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps90%
5 Gbps90%
8 Gbps2%
See all internet providers in Reno

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