What is the average commute in Las Vegas city, Nevada?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Las Vegas city, Nevada work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.5 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.

PLACE · NV · GEOID 32400002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Las Vegas, Nevada

Name: Commute estimates for Las Vegas city, Nevada
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.7 min one way; 12.1% worked from home, 70.9% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.7 min±0.6 min MOE

Worked from home12.1%±0.5 pp MOE

Drove alone70.9%±0.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.8%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 Las Vegas city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.8 min → 25.7 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 12.1%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit2.9% → 2.5%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.5% → 70.9%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Las Vegas city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.9%; 2.5% used public transit and 12.1% worked from home.

Drive alone70.9% ±0.6 pp

Carpool10.1% ±0.6 pp

Public transit2.5% ±0.3 pp

Walk1.3% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.1 pp

Work from home12.1% ±0.5 pp

Each share uses 301,748 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Las Vegas city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 63th percentile among covered 500k+ places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

63^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

16^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

58^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

47^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Las Vegas city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 301,748 workers age 16+, including 265,180 workers with reported travel time and 36,568 home workers.

Population estimate660,400± 126 MOE

Workers age 16+301,748± 3,328 MOE

Workers with travel time265,180± 3,579 MOE

Estimated home workers36,568± 1,515 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 Las Vegas city

No other Nevada place in the 500k+ population band met the same publication rule in this dataset.

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