Gardnerville Ranchos vs Minden

A side-by-side comparison of Gardnerville Ranchos and Minden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gardnerville Ranchos has the higher population (12,185 vs 3,309 in Minden). Gardnerville Ranchos has the higher median household income ($87,971 vs $86,806 in Minden). Minden has the higher median home value ($524,500 vs $464,800 in Gardnerville Ranchos).

Population, income & housing

	Gardnerville Ranchos	Minden
Population	12,185	3,309
Median age	46.0 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,971	$86,806
Median home value	$464,800	$524,500
Median gross rent	$1,456	$1,821
Housing units	4,794	1,551
Homeownership rate	77.3%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardnerville Ranchos	Minden
Population	11,380 → 12,185 (+7.1%)	3,151 → 3,309 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$59,511 → $87,971 (+47.8%)	$57,830 → $86,806 (+50.1%)
Median home value	$310,300 → $464,800 (+49.8%)	$344,700 → $524,500 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,022 → $1,456 (+42.5%)	$1,281 → $1,821 (+42.2%)

Gardnerville Ranchos

Population

11,38012,185

Median household income

$59,511$87,971

Median home value

$310,300$464,800

Median gross rent

$1,022$1,456

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)

	Gardnerville Ranchos	Minden
Under 5	2.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	11.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.1%
25 to 34	9.2%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	8.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.6%	15.9%
65 to 74	15.7%	16.2%
75 and over	10.2%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardnerville Ranchos	Minden
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardnerville Ranchos	Minden
No high school diploma	10.5%	3.3%
High school graduate	29.4%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardnerville Ranchos	Minden
Drove alone	87.2%	80.9%
Carpooled	4.7%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.2%	6.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardnerville Ranchos	Minden
1-unit, detached	82.9%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.7%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Gardnerville Ranchos	Minden
Poverty rate	9.5%	10.7%
Average household size	2.62	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	29	15
Median year structure built	1988	1994