What is the average commute in Storey County, Nevada?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 38.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Storey County, Nevada work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 7.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · NV · GEOID 320292024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Storey County, Nevada

Name: Commute estimates for Storey County, Nevada
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 38.7 min one way; 17.5% worked from home, 70.1% drove alone, and 15.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip38.7 min±11.1 min MOE

Worked from home17.5%±7.7 pp MOE

Drove alone70.1%±9.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip15.7%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Storey County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +10.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.1 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute28.5 min → 38.7 min▲ 10.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.3% → 17.5%▲ 10.1 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit2.1% → 0.0%▼ 2.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.9% → 70.1%▲ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Storey County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 17.5% worked from home.

Drive alone70.1% ±9.7 pp

Carpool10.8% ±8.7 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp

Walk0.1% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp

Work from home17.5% ±7.7 pp

Each share uses 1,735 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Storey County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 99th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

99^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

97^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

88^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Storey County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,735 workers age 16+, including 1,432 workers with reported travel time and 303 home workers.

Population estimate4,140± — MOE

Workers age 16+1,735± 233 MOE

Workers with travel time1,432± 239 MOE

Estimated home workers303± 139 MOE

Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Nevada commute records for Storey County

These 6 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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