Gardnerville vs Minden

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

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

Gardnerville has the higher population (5,811 vs 3,309 in Minden). Minden has the higher median household income ($86,806 vs $67,878 in Gardnerville). Minden has the higher median home value ($524,500 vs $504,200 in Gardnerville).

Population, income & housing

	Gardnerville	Minden
Population	5,811	3,309
Median age	53.0 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,878	$86,806
Median home value	$504,200	$524,500
Median gross rent	$1,508	$1,821
Housing units	2,911	1,551
Homeownership rate	55.6%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardnerville	Minden
Population	6,121 → 5,811 (-5.1%)	3,151 → 3,309 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$55,603 → $67,878 (+22.1%)	$57,830 → $86,806 (+50.1%)
Median home value	$304,000 → $504,200 (+65.9%)	$344,700 → $524,500 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$972 → $1,508 (+55.1%)	$1,281 → $1,821 (+42.2%)

Gardnerville

Population

6,1215,811

Median household income

$55,603$67,878

Median home value

$304,000$504,200

Median gross rent

$972$1,508

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	Minden
Under 5	3.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	11.6%	11.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.4%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.2%	8.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.3%
55 to 64	16.3%	15.9%
65 to 74	16.8%	16.2%
75 and over	12.7%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardnerville	Minden
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardnerville	Minden
No high school diploma	5.1%	3.3%
High school graduate	28.5%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardnerville	Minden
Drove alone	67.0%	80.9%
Carpooled	12.7%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	2.8%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.2%	6.9%
Other means	8.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardnerville	Minden
1-unit, detached	59.7%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	1.8%
20 or more units	5.3%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	15.1%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Gardnerville	Minden
Poverty rate	12.2%	10.7%
Average household size	2.02	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	23	15
Median year structure built	2001	1994