Henderson vs Spring Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Henderson and Spring Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Henderson and Spring Valley are places in Nevada. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Henderson has the higher population (324,523 vs 219,913 in Spring Valley). Henderson has the higher median household income ($88,654 vs $72,364 in Spring Valley). Henderson has the higher median home value ($465,000 vs $407,900 in Spring Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Henderson	Spring Valley
Population	324,523	219,913
Median age	42.5 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,654	$72,364
Median home value	$465,000	$407,900
Median gross rent	$1,750	$1,642
Housing units	136,901	94,377
Homeownership rate	65.6%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.8%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henderson	Spring Valley
Population	300,116 → 324,523 (+8.1%)	207,127 → 219,913 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$74,147 → $88,654 (+19.6%)	$58,388 → $72,364 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$318,800 → $465,000 (+45.9%)	$262,000 → $407,900 (+55.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,292 → $1,750 (+35.4%)	$1,191 → $1,642 (+37.9%)

Henderson

Population

300,116324,523

Median household income

$74,147$88,654

Median home value

$318,800$465,000

Median gross rent

$1,292$1,750

Spring Valley

Population

207,127219,913

Median household income

$58,388$72,364

Median home value

$262,000$407,900

Median gross rent

$1,191$1,642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henderson	Spring Valley
Under 5	4.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	16.2%
35 to 44	13.3%	15.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.8%
75 and over	8.5%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henderson	Spring Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	58.9%	36.8%
Black or African American	5.9%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	9.2%	19.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.7%
Some other race	0.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.9%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	23.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henderson	Spring Valley
No high school diploma	6.1%	10.6%
High school graduate	23.4%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henderson	Spring Valley
Drove alone	72.9%	73.2%
Carpooled	7.6%	9.5%
Public transit	0.8%	1.6%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.8%	12.4%
Other means	2.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henderson	Spring Valley
1-unit, detached	69.4%	53.0%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	17.0%
20 or more units	6.8%	12.8%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Henderson	Spring Valley
Poverty rate	8.4%	12.9%
Average household size	2.53	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	2000	1998