East Valley vs Minden

A side-by-side comparison of East Valley and Minden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Minden has the higher population (3,309 vs 1,341 in East Valley). East Valley has the higher median household income ($111,932 vs $86,806 in Minden). East Valley has the higher median home value ($884,400 vs $524,500 in Minden).

Population, income & housing

	East Valley	Minden
Population	1,341	3,309
Median age	68.4 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$111,932	$86,806
Median home value	$884,400	$524,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,821
Housing units	676	1,551
Homeownership rate	98.3%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Valley	Minden
Population	1,543 → 1,341 (-13.1%)	3,151 → 3,309 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$95,375 → $111,932 (+17.4%)	$57,830 → $86,806 (+50.1%)
Median home value	$711,300 → $884,400 (+24.3%)	$344,700 → $524,500 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$782 → $854 (+9.2%)	$1,281 → $1,821 (+42.2%)

East Valley

Population

1,5431,341

Median household income

$95,375$111,932

Median home value

$711,300$884,400

Median gross rent

$782$854

Minden

Population

3,1513,309

Median household income

$57,830$86,806

Median home value

$344,700$524,500

Median gross rent

$1,281$1,821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Valley	Minden
Under 5	5.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	4.8%	11.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	2.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	9.8%	8.3%
45 to 54	6.6%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.9%
65 to 74	35.3%	16.2%
75 and over	21.1%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Valley	Minden
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Valley	Minden
No high school diploma	3.6%	3.3%
High school graduate	20.2%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Valley	Minden
Drove alone	57.2%	80.9%
Carpooled	2.9%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	24.9%	6.9%
Other means	15.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Valley	Minden
1-unit, detached	96.3%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	East Valley	Minden
Poverty rate	4.4%	10.7%
Average household size	2.08	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	15
Median year structure built	1995	1994